Clean Water Restoration Act or Federal Land Grab?
June 18th, 2009 Categories: Lisa's Riverfront Tips, Miscellaneous, Real Estate, River Recreation, Water Rights Issues
“He who controls the water, controls life!” It’s been said in many ways, by many people from Shakespeare to Bruce Babbitt, and the truth of it is indisputable. Senate Bill S.787 was introduced on April 2, 2009 by Senator Russell Feingold (D) Wisconsin.
I will provide links at the end of this article so you can read it for yourself, but the essence of the bill is that control of virtually all water in our country (including streams, intermittent streams, mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, and playa lakes) will be handed over to the government of the United States. This means that if you have any kind of water on your property, they will have the right to tell you what you can and can’t do with your property, and perhaps charge you accordingly! If you think the US Government is the best protector of this precious resource, then sit back and do nothing. But if you think maybe, just maybe, property owners have the right, intelligence, and capability of taking better care of their own property – then you might want to take note of this alarming development.
The title of this Bill makes it sound like something that anyone should be in favor of – but the devil is in the details – please take a moment to consider all the implications that come with this action!
The Library of Congress, Thomas List: Bill S.787
Summary and Status of Bill S.787
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The subtle difference between this revision of the Clean Water Act, is that the wording/definition of waters to be covered has been changed from ‘navigable waters’, to all waters.
This clearly violates private property rights.
I have a body of water on my property; will the Fed come in and inspect my pool ? Or maybe just charge me an annual fee ?
There has to be a better way.
The south is targeted because they don’t have that much federal land. The feds will get to set the boundaries to the water. If you have waterfront property ,look-out. Any standing water is owned by the govt.(a puddle)
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