Ponce
8th August 2013, 06:14 PM
Lucky for me I have my land patent (for water from the sky) and 2 water rights (for water from the creek).
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You may think the idea of water control is far removed, but some states in the West have had laws in place for some time that outlaw people from collecting rainwater on their own properties without a “valid water right.” For example,
Colorado and Washington have rainwater and snowmelt collection restrictions limiting the free use of that water. In fact, Washington says that reclaiming rainwater is illegal because it’s seen as a natural resource owned by the state and, therefore, falls under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Ecology.
You see, the water wars have been around for a while, but have gained even more attention in the past couple of decades, since water shortages and water waste have come to the fore. It’s truly something to contend with, too, and the United States is one of the greatest water users with each person, on average, using about 150 gallons of water daily. By contrast, Britain uses approximately 30 gallons per person daily, while people in countries such as Kenya subsist on less than 5 gallons per day.
It’s no wonder there are water wars.
Perhaps Cheryl King Fisher, executive director of the Vermont-based New England Grassroots Environmental Fund, sums it up best: “The tension between public ownership and privatization of our water resources is enormous. Water is the gold of the current century.”
And it’s “gold” that corporations such as Nestlé would like to take and keep, so beware.
http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/water-wars-corporations-begin-to-lay-claim-to-the-worlds-h20/57214/
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You may think the idea of water control is far removed, but some states in the West have had laws in place for some time that outlaw people from collecting rainwater on their own properties without a “valid water right.” For example,
Colorado and Washington have rainwater and snowmelt collection restrictions limiting the free use of that water. In fact, Washington says that reclaiming rainwater is illegal because it’s seen as a natural resource owned by the state and, therefore, falls under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Ecology.
You see, the water wars have been around for a while, but have gained even more attention in the past couple of decades, since water shortages and water waste have come to the fore. It’s truly something to contend with, too, and the United States is one of the greatest water users with each person, on average, using about 150 gallons of water daily. By contrast, Britain uses approximately 30 gallons per person daily, while people in countries such as Kenya subsist on less than 5 gallons per day.
It’s no wonder there are water wars.
Perhaps Cheryl King Fisher, executive director of the Vermont-based New England Grassroots Environmental Fund, sums it up best: “The tension between public ownership and privatization of our water resources is enormous. Water is the gold of the current century.”
And it’s “gold” that corporations such as Nestlé would like to take and keep, so beware.
http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/water-wars-corporations-begin-to-lay-claim-to-the-worlds-h20/57214/