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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 753405" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>we have been trying to tell our local farmers around here to get ready for the water wars.</p><p></p><p>here in the east we have never had the conflicts that were the stuff of legend in the west......</p><p></p><p>but with the population growth and ever increasing demand for water and the wide swings we have seen lately in drought and precipitation...</p><p></p><p>we are hearing quiet rumblings that indicate water use restrictions and permitting are in the future.</p><p></p><p>there is one county not ten miles from where I am sitting that has already stopped new home cosntruction by restricting new ground water withdrawals. If you can not drill a well you have a hard time living there.</p><p></p><p>we are telling producers who irrigate to report their water use. Many resist becasue they don't want the guvment to know how much water they are using. :cowboy: </p><p></p><p>Our response is that <span style="color: #FF0000"><strong>when</strong></span> restrictions come, if you do not have a record of use and need, then use will not be grandfathered in and new applications for large scale use may not be approved. </p><p></p><p>The EPA and Army Corps of Engineers in protecting wetlands has pretty much stopped all legal pond construction in our area. About the only ponds that can be built around here are runoff ponds and they all fail in dry weather. :dunce: </p><p></p><p>Then there are 1. storm water and 2. dam safety concerns and always emerging new regulations. We have both of these areas from our state legislature this year and I bet it comes as no suprise that they are in direct conflict.</p><p></p><p>It is serious business as the EPA came in and threatened to put our Public Works director in jail if the county did not tighten environmental regulations. We have yet to figure out why our county was targeted and other counties in the area continue with business as usual but they all did observe what happened here and are at least planning changes. Our public works director is a stand up guy but to stay out of jail he has had to enforce regulations by taking citizens to court over environmental issues. by virtue of my employment I have been deposed several times in litigation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 753405, member: 6543"] we have been trying to tell our local farmers around here to get ready for the water wars. here in the east we have never had the conflicts that were the stuff of legend in the west...... but with the population growth and ever increasing demand for water and the wide swings we have seen lately in drought and precipitation... we are hearing quiet rumblings that indicate water use restrictions and permitting are in the future. there is one county not ten miles from where I am sitting that has already stopped new home cosntruction by restricting new ground water withdrawals. If you can not drill a well you have a hard time living there. we are telling producers who irrigate to report their water use. Many resist becasue they don't want the guvment to know how much water they are using. :cowboy: Our response is that [color=#FF0000][b]when[/b][/color] restrictions come, if you do not have a record of use and need, then use will not be grandfathered in and new applications for large scale use may not be approved. The EPA and Army Corps of Engineers in protecting wetlands has pretty much stopped all legal pond construction in our area. About the only ponds that can be built around here are runoff ponds and they all fail in dry weather. :dunce: Then there are 1. storm water and 2. dam safety concerns and always emerging new regulations. We have both of these areas from our state legislature this year and I bet it comes as no suprise that they are in direct conflict. It is serious business as the EPA came in and threatened to put our Public Works director in jail if the county did not tighten environmental regulations. We have yet to figure out why our county was targeted and other counties in the area continue with business as usual but they all did observe what happened here and are at least planning changes. Our public works director is a stand up guy but to stay out of jail he has had to enforce regulations by taking citizens to court over environmental issues. by virtue of my employment I have been deposed several times in litigation. [/QUOTE]
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