According to PJ Media's Bridget Johnson, the enviro-nazis may be planning to use water to seize control of private land.
The proposed rule, obtained by the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee in advance of EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy’s testimony at a Thursday oversight hearing, widely broadens the definition of waterways over which the federal government has jurisdiction to as little as a water ditch in a backyard.
The Clean Water Act redefinition of “waters of the United States” would include all ponds, lakes, wetlands and natural or manmade streams that have any effect on downstream navigable waters — whether on public lands or private property.
There was a rumor a while back that our state Department of Natural Resources was considering putting meters on private wells.
Forget oil. One of these days there is liable to be a war over water, unless some reasonable means of desalinization is developed.
Seriously, I don't think the big-government types understand. When I get really thirsty, I get a little crazy.
Here in New Zealand farmers where I live have restricted access to water, and have to purchase an allocation of so many gallons (to use your measure) per annum.
ReplyDeleteWe have one of the most abundant supplies of water on the planet.
Indeed, I would have assumed that NZ, of all places, would be rather relaxed about water.
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