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Something like that is happening here in Texas, too. It 
doesn't help that San Antonio (2-1/2 hrs away) is one of 
the top ten most populated cities in the nation, but is 
the only one relying entirely on an aquifer (ours). The 
same kind of mentality turning ranchers into land 
developers makes me think they will be selling off their 
water rights too.

There is a historic ditch running through our ghost town 
built in the 1800's. It hasn't had water in it since the 
flood of 1968, yet the people owning property through 
which it runs must pay the State yearly for their "water 
rights". Isn't that insane? We have a large bake sale and 
raise the money as a community.

I feel the same way as you. Our well was dug by pioneers. 
We've never registered it with the county, don't intend 
to.

The neighbor's trees are still coming down. I can barely 
stand to be outside even though the cool of fall is in the 
air.

--Sage
Way out in Texas




On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:54:38 -0700
 Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com> wrote:
> When I first moved here, my uncle told me about the law 
> that basically 
> allows the state to take whatever water they please for 
> themselves. I 
> since found out what it's called the Instream Water 
> Right Act of 1987 (I 
> think).  Maybe the incomprehensible title is because 
> they don't want you 
> to know.  You and I both know that they're planning on 
> taken OUR water 
> and selling it to whoever will pay the most for it, just 
> as they're now 
> doing with hunting rights..  I don't need to even go 
> look to find out 
> which set of politicians was behind this, do I?
>
> Here's some more fun these freaks have in store for us. 
> I can't wait to 
> see the "well meter" that these nuts will be installing. 
> I guarantee 
> that at point there'll be a second tube bypassing the 
> "well meter" and 
> that's when the barb wire fence goes up, making my 
> property off-limits 
> to pigs in every form.  That's pretty much how I refer 
> to all government 
> lovers at this point.  From the wording this was clearly 
> written by one 
> of them:
>
> HB3623 - requires the measurement of __all__ water use 
> in Oregon to 
> provide the state with the basic information needed for 
> sound water 
> management. Currently, many water users in Oregon do not 
> measure their 
> use and don't know how much water they're taking from 
> our streams.
>
>
> Bill
> S. Oregon coast
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