It's a story as old as the West itself, a story of water and power: who has it and who wants it. In Desert Wars: Water and the West, competing interests debate how growth, development, preservation, and conservation are at stake in the West. The film explores these pressing issues by looking at the conflicts surrounding the future of the Snake Valley groundwater aquifer in Utah and Nevada's west desert, and efforts to tap it for Las Vegas.

Wednesday, 10/1/08 from 4:30-5:30 a.m. ET