http://www.wral.com/news/local/politics/story/2490868/ Lawmakers eye regulating well users. I want to know exactly HOW they think we are supposed to report how much water we use. There is nothing on my well noting how much comes out on any given time and I ain't paying to have something put on there! Pure BS!
i'm gonna have to tell someone what they can suck on if they think i'm gonna keep track of my use.. my well...my property...and my problem if it runs dry. :evil:
Write your legislator if you are against this proposal Here's the link to find who represents you: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/GIS/Representation/Who_Represents_Me/Who_Represents_Me.html Mine will be hearing from me!
Thanks for posting that link, Kent. This is outrageous! Report on how much water we use? I do understand the concept that we all draw from the same aquifer, and my extravagant use of water could cause my neighbors' wells to go dry. But there are far less intrusive ways to conserve, rather than requiring us to report our usage to big brother. Why not simply ban automatic lawn watering, or limit it to certain days, like they have done with users of public water supplies? That would make sense to me.
Yes, thank you Kent, appreciate the link. I'm already conserving water, probably more than some that can just turn the tap and be assured the gov't will make certain water comes out. DH is probably right, they stick a meter on there, and guarantee ya they'll try to charge us for the water too, or at least tax it. I am begining to think some of the conspiracy theorist's might be right, our rights as property owners are shrinking at an alarming rate. :?
Unfortunately there are all those city dwellers who are jealous of you and they're the ones who the state legislators want to appease. To them, we're all just a bunch of country hicks who don't know what's good for us.
It may be your well and your land, but you certainly cannot claims rights to the entire water table your well draws from. Suppose one the largest users (Pepsi bottling plant) chose to sever their municipal water service and dig a huge well for their needs. Next thing you know the folks who live down the street have their wells run dry. This is how it works when considering ground water. Or say the reservoirs do run dry and there is a mad rush by everyone to dig their own well. Soon enough even the ground water could dry up and when you have nothing to drink, you'll be wishing you had not been so resistant to change. These are obviously extreme examples and who knows if they will ever happen, but the drought doesn't look like it is getting any better. To not conserve (on a well or not, water or energy) is arrogant, rude, irresponsible, and selfish. I will concede this point...A more appropriate fight with our representatives would be moratoriums on new development and new water lines across the triangle. You can't stop growth, but you can manage it effectively (surveyors and realtors will just **** and moan about their livelihoods).
Spoken like a true city dweller who thinks we're all a bunch of country hicks who don't know what's good for us.
Map of US areas feeling a drought. http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html Did anyone see the news story yesterday...I think WRAL ... predicting decades of drought? It's kind of scary. Although I wonder how accurate the prediction is given they don't know how much rain we will actually get any give year. There should be some definite consideration to slowing growth with the current water supply questionable to sustain residents.
I never said we hadn't taken steps to conserve, I try to be very conscious about water usage. The last thing I want is to have to dig a new well, trust me. Though, I do believe we are somewhat lucky in the fact that the local water table that my area taps into is probably not as low as it could be had the county not come through with the county hook-ups sometime before 2001. Most people in my neighborhood seem to have switched over at that time, or since then when their well pumps needed replacing, etc. The people who owned my property prior to us, opted not to pay the $75 hook-up fee at the time, and now it will cost us almost $2,000 if we want to hook in to county water. I know that my closest surrounding neighbors are on JoCo water.
Which is why well users are more prone to conserve, whether or not there is a drought. But city dwellers just don't (and will never) understand it.
I think they should stop growth, no more subdivisions. (and I don't say that lightly since I do work within the residential and commercial construction business). But, be real, not enough water to sustain the current population and they can't ever seem to keep up as far as schools go. Those two things alone should be huge indications that they need to just STOP allowing the area to grow at the rate is has over the past 10 years. It just is beyond manageable at this point, they let every BillyJoe, Bobby Joe and Bubba sell the family farm to developers who want to put 100 houses on 20 acres. Its just insane!
Exactly! (I can't beleive we agree on something Clif) Since I've moved here, I've never been of the mindset that I have an endless water supply. Not knowing 1) how deep my well is dug? and 2) how deep is the water thats in it? is really pretty disconcerting when you stop and think about it.
Exactly!! Burns me up that some clueless wonder thinks we are all just letting water run willy nilly. I've never watered my grass, even when there wasn't a drought! Sure hasn't stopped some of those city folk from sneaking around watering their's at night so the inspectors won't catch them! :roll:
No one on a well system is ever sure that their well won't dry up tomorrow. It is simply a fact of life for well users. Sort of like lving in a trailer park, you are always aware that a tornado could take you out at any time. You should know the answer to #1. It should be on a metal plate on the pump, along with the original GPM reading. You should also get a yearly GPM reading which will give you an idea on how your well is doing, both in mechanics and the water supply. Wells, just like septic systems, aren't just set it and forget it. They need to be maintained.
I guess that is something that DH will have to check and maybe thats something he already knows, its just never anything I've asked...lets not forget that I am really a damn yankee city girl... LOL
