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November 12, 2008
Should this have made my blood boil?
Because it did. I seems that in Utah, the water falling from the sky is attached to water rights, and so you can't catch runoff water and use it as you like.
I guess as a matter of rights, I don't have a problem with selling off the water rights to your land and selling them separately. But there is something ugly and wasteful about the way this is implemented, not to mention capriciously going after offenders with deep pockets. Given the small fraction of Utah covered by buildings, there surely would be little harm to collecting that water instead of allowing it to evaporate and be contaminated as it runs off roofs and onto streets. And if it is only a matter of property rights, why is there a state enforcement bureau getting involved and not the owner of the water rights?
Posted by OneEyedMan at November 12, 2008 7:45 AM
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