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Hestia

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5. How is water "owned" by anyone? Here, Corp of Engineers states that the public owns the water

Reply to mountain grammy (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 04:13 PM

Mar 2015

and there is huge easements between water and any building (other than hog farms on the Buffalo Nat'l River). Just because a creek runs through your yard, no one owns it and you cannot dam it, etc. without permits, etc.

I thought the Corp of Engineers law applied nationwide? No?

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Really, Rain Barrels Illegal? [View all] mountain grammy Mar 2015 OP

Are cisterns illegal in Colorado ??? SamKnause Mar 2015 #1

I really don't know, but probably. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #2

My college geology professor in Colorado always told us that if we wanted to get rich… become a water lawyer world wide wally Mar 2015 #3

Been telling my daughter the same thing.. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #4

How is water "owned" by anyone? Here, Corp of Engineers states that the public owns the water Hestia Mar 2015 #5

Ha, ask Nestle about that. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #6

No, Corps of Engineers do not make water law, it's older than that. Shrike47 Mar 2015 #7