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Originally Posted by Bananaman88
I just attended a water conservation talk last week and here in Texas before long the government is going to regulate how much water folks can pull from their wells in a given amount of time. It sounds like there will be stiff fines if one uses more than he or she is allotted. I grew up out in the country and we had a well also. Unfortunatley, with our growing population the days of "free and unlimited" water are about over...even for those with wells. I think that, along with global warming and energy issues, that water shortages will be one of the biggest challenges we have to deal with. Probably sooner rather than later.
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The wells cost over 40k, I would hope that I am unaffected due to a grandfather clause. Otherwise they are going to have a fight on their hands! What are they going to tell me next, that I have used up the air available on my land? It needs to stop somewhere. I am already required to have the well on a separate meter and am billed at 10 times the going rate for the electric. I think that is compensation enough. I am already tempted to power the well with the solar array I am having installed on my house. They can bill me all they want as soon as they give me my 40k back!