State slowly empowers water czar through statutes, administrative rules

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State slowly empowers water czar through statutes, administrative rules

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In conducting the research necessary to intelligently oppose U.S. government / Nez Perce Indian claims against Snake River Basin springs on private land, Watchman on the Wall, a pro-American Citizen group centered in the Kamiah/Kooskia area of Idaho, has discovered that the state has positioned itself so that it may turn off your private water source at its bureaucratic whim or discretion. As of right now, an agent of the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) can trespass on your property at any time. Upon inspection of your well, he may order that it be brought up to IDWR specifications under threat that your water source will be ordered shut down by authority of the Idaho “water czar.”

by Dick Lawson

Idaho Department Of Water Resources inspectors phone number list are currently afield locating wells and identifying their GPS coordinates for the state database. I will go into the statutes that created this situation later. But first, a little background is in order.

Under the Idaho Constitution:

Article 15; sections 4 & 5 state that whenever water rights have once been granted by the state, the holders of same shall not thereafter be deprived of the use of said water. They also provide for a seniority system of water rights. That is, the oldest water rights take precedence over more recent ones.
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