Every form of energy production in the western United States runs on water, from cooling power plants to extracting oil and gas, and that dependency is colliding with agriculture, growing cities, and industry all drawing from the same limited sources. This half-hour documentary from Prairie Public Broadcasting and the Northern Great Plains Water Consortium lays out that competition through interviews with the people managing it, including EERC Senior Research Manager Bethany Kurz, who frames the central problem as balancing water for energy against water for crops and households, and EERC Director Gerald Groenewold, who argues that treating water as an infinite resource is no longer an option. The film surveys the tools cities and utilities are already using to stretch limited supplies, among them smart irrigation, wastewater recycling, and water-efficient renewable energy. It also shows where sectors clash over the same rivers and aquifers, particularly in the north-central states the Consortium serves. The picture that emerges is a region trying to plan its way out of a shortage before the conflicts get worse.