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Not only that but if Lake Travis continues to drop then the rice farmers are going to have their irrigation canals shut off by the Lower Colorado River Authority.
No, it's just a mitigating aspect for farmers.
It's not like petroleum and natural gas companies have nothing else to do.
Not only that but if Lake Travis continues to drop then the rice farmers are going to have their irrigation canals shut off by the Lower Colorado River Authority.
To prevent some springs from going dry in an effort to protect the Texas Blind Salamander, Fountain Darter, and Comal Springs Riffle beetle and other obscure endangered species that rely on the springs.
So what benefit would there have been if water use for fracking had not been allowed for much of this drought?
I would love to see ChumpDumper take up a job as a spokesperson for the White House. I think it'd be funny to see him answer every reporter's question with another question.
you forgot the part where they pay all on water bills for their projects, hence they have no problems askin for subsidies and
And you know this how? I know people that have made small fortunes selling water to drillers. Why post on a subject you don't know about?
Rice growing on the central TX coast? I know it goes back decades, those farmers get the water almost free, but further up the coast in s/e TX where there's plenty of water for irrigation is a more natural location.
There's a real battle between nuclear/coal plant operators and TX farmers for water consumption.
http://www.lcra.org/water/supply/irrigation.html
http://texasvox.org/2009/11/02/texas...gles-to-exist/
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-en...-debate/print/
"used the water almost free".
The farmers OWN it most of the time. It is their property.
A river that arises 100s of miles upstream and flows across a TX farmer's land is owned by the farmer?
Rule of capture, related to "groundwaters":
http://www.texaswatermatters.org/pdf...ittee4_new.pdf
http://www.hgs.org/en/art/1891/The Texas Supreme Court first adopted the rule of capture for groundwater in the landmark 1904 decision Houston & Texas Central Railroad Co. v. East. The railroad company completed a water well on its property near Dennison, Texas to supply water for its locomotives. The well, which produced 25,000 gallons of water daily, lowered groundwater levels in the aquifer and dried up the household well of a neighboring landowner. The landowner sued the railroad for damages.
The court asserted that the rule of capture applied to groundwater in Texas and decided the railroad was not liable for damages: “Because the existence, origin, movement and course of such waters, and the causes which govern and direct their movements, are so secret, occult and concealed that an attempt to administer any set of legal rules in respect to them would be involved in hopeless uncertainty, and would therefore be practically impossible."
The court held that the “this inconvenience to his neighbour falls within the description of damnum absque injuria [an injury without a remedy], which cannot become the ground of an action.” By denying relief, the court essentially granted unlimited rights to take as much groundwater as can be pumped. Thus, the rule of capture is often known as “the law of the biggest pump."
Interesting decision. A supervillain could really take advantage of said law.The court held that the “this inconvenience to his neighbour falls within the description of damnum absque injuria [an injury without a remedy], which cannot become the ground of an action.” By denying relief, the court essentially granted unlimited rights to take as much groundwater as can be pumped. Thus, the rule of capture is often known as “the law of the biggest pump."
One already did.
Yup. Water laws in Texas are funky.
We need to have the stakeholders, i.e. pretty much everybody, sit down and work something out that is a bit more workable and common sense.
To be honest, it doesn't count if they're not wearing masks and laughing maniacally.
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