Explain how water use is different today and how acequia societies are struggling to preserve their old ways.

Water use in terms of the tradition of acequia has more spiritual meaning and traditional beliefs and customer which endured over the decades. Water use  on today's modern society is different as it is neither exclusive to the community bound with the territory of an aequia. However they are struggling to preserve their old ways with two factors, one the political and laws about views water resources and also the demand as population grows.