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Some of you guys seem like you want us to be like Somalia. :
I don't know who "you guys" are, but I've never met anybody that wants to be like Somalia. I doubt that even people living in Somalia want to be like Somalia.
This is insane, for the government to essentially tell us that the water falling from the sky is their water, and we cannot collect it for use in irrigation or whatever the hell we want.
Is it illegal to be self sufficient? Are we supposed to be dependent upon government for our water?
Yes, according to Big Government advocates. The Big Government nanny state wants you to be totally dependent on Big Government.
Yes, according to Big Government advocates. The Big Government nanny state wants you to be totally dependent on Big Government.
Like the EPA going after wood-burning stoves? Can't have people going off the grid, growing their own wood to heat their homes. It's the only modus operandi on the left, control, control, control.
You guys means the ones who are acting like it is illegal to collect rainwater in Oregon that post in this site, which based on your posts, I include you into that term.
HMM- Hard to see how I was "acting like" it is illegal to collect rainwater in oregon with this post:
Quote:
In Florida drinking water comes from the underground aquifer yet the state does
not believe water that falls on your property is theirs.
Nothing
herein, or in any rule, regulation, or order adopted pursuant hereto, shall be
construed to affect the right of any natural person to capture, discharge, and
use water for purposes permitted by law.
Interstingly enough I posted a link to all of the state stautes on rainwater collection.
I think you read into things incorrectly and only see what you want to see. But that is expected from the partisan hacks on this forum.
HMM- Hard to see how I was "acting like" it is illegal to collect rainwater in oregon with this post:
Interstingly enough I posted a link to all of the state stautes on rainwater collection.
I think you read into things incorrectly and only see what you want to see. But that is expected from the partisan hacks on this forum.
Well if I lumped you in with the people who were acting like it is illegal to collect rainwater in Oregon, then I apologize.
Well if I lumped you in with the people who were acting like it is illegal to collect rainwater in Oregon, then I apologize.
What I don't get is, a lot of these right-wingers, 99% of whom live east of the Mississippi River, act like since the Western states don't have a riparian system of water, then it's somehow oppression . Reminds me of idiot eastern transplants that move to Arizona and demand to have lawn sprinklers to have a green lawn in the middle of the desert
What I don't get is, a lot of these right-wingers, 99% of whom live east of the Mississippi River, act like since the Western states don't have a riparian system of water, then it's somehow oppression . Reminds me of idiot eastern transplants that move to Arizona and demand to have lawn sprinklers to have a green lawn in the middle of the desert
Boy do you have NO IDEA what you're talking about.
by collecting rainwater in the foothills, he is "diverting water from streams, creeks, or rivers" at their headwaters.
Unless he is constantly building the discharge side of his ponds higher, the water will fill them. Once they are filled, excess will flow out at the same rate it goes in. There is no (or very little, perhaps some more evaporation) less water heading downstream after his dams were built than before. He has 170 acres of property. I'd guess by the pictures that the ponds cover 5 acres, maybe 10 max. Somewhere under 10% of the property anyway.
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. Reminds me of idiot eastern transplants that move to Arizona and demand to have lawn sprinklers to have a green lawn in the middle of the desert 
