Who owns the water? Most states in the United States claim that people have water rights. I can't imagine anything other than everyone having a right to free water, but it's not the case. The water right was an idea I had been thinking about, and it is explored in this book.  “First user in time, first right,” but where is the democracy. The diversions and claims of water have had a profound impact on the landscape. Access to water, I believe, has defined the landscape and society. This book is about my experience living on the edge of the city, situated along a river. The river is dry during much of the year and violently flows in others when the snow melts from the nearby mountains. Hundreds of years ago, before the dams were built, the river ran all year long. Three themes emerge in the book: the margins of society (homeless individuals who live along the river), the history of the damming of the rivers that feed into the mine and subsequent natural changes, and the margins of two countries, Mexico and the USA, where the river flows from one to the other. The book documents my walks through the riverbed. The book is primarily photographic. There are two phrases in the book about water rights. Additionally, some illustrated images eludes to the flow of water and people.