On Apr 23, 2:59*pm, The Daring Dufas
wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
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Sanity wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message
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"By capturing rainwater, some homeowners are breaking the law. This has
put city and state governments in an awkward position-smack in the
middle of competing water users and advocates, often from within their
own agencies, of conserving water to protect supplies."
http://www.popularmechanics.com/scie...h/4314447.html
Some say rainwater should follow its natural course instead of being
diverted by homeowners so that the homeowner's betters can allocate the
water based on need - or political pressure - to those more, um, worthy
of wetting.
It's for the children.
If the government says that I can't keep the water that falls on my land,
let the government keep the water from falling on it!!!!!
A construction company dug a foundation somewhere and
when it rained, the excavation was filled with water.
The Feds stepped in and forbade the construction firm
from pumping out the water because it had now become
a wetland and had to be protected. I may have to look
it up on Snopes but that's about how I remember the
news story. People with lots of guns can do all sorts
of asinine things to you.
TDD
That sounds like complete bull****.
I know but I swear it was a news story I came across.
Many news stories turn out to be little more than male
bovine droppings but gain mileage because it sounds
like something that could happen. snopes.com is a good
source for checking out odd stories. I *think I'll go
look it up.
TDD
You might be thinking of this:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl.../MNFETSC0H.DTL
Basically, developer bought a plot of land with intent to build, but
before he started the land became a "wetland" owing (depending on
which lawyer you listen to) to natural causes or botched nearby city
drainage work. Anyhow, it's now federally protected and the developer
is suing the city for a vast sum, representing (as I read it) not his
lost purchase cost but rather his expected return on investment.
Chip C
Toronto