What if Texas had rain catcher tanks that could load up tanker trucks to deliever to Utah?

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Dallas, Texas
October 21, 2018 9:38am CST
Utah is too dry and Texas is too wet. Solution? Utilize very large tanks with the ability to catch rainwater or pump rainwater into them and then fill up large tanker trucks to drive to Utah and deliver all that excess rainwater to drought stricken Utah? I can't believe this: Man imprisoned for collecting rainwater? https://twitter.com/offgridnews
Collecting rainwater in barrels is a common Earth-friendly and off-grid living practice, but the sustainable existence chore is illegal in many states. Unless you own the water rights on the property, it is not permissible to salvage rainwater in barrels f
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
21 Oct 18
The whole concept of water rights being separate from land rights is a concoction of the beef industry to allow them to steal peoples' water in order to water their herds. Production of beef is one of the single most inefficient ways to use water.
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topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
21 Oct 18
I would have thought that it was due to the lobbying of water companies.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
21 Oct 18
@topffer The unscrupulous conduct by the powers that be over water rights far predates modern water companies and goes back to the days of the cattle ranchers versus the farmers and sheep herders.
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anthony davis
@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
16 Nov 18
@DWDavis , You know your history.
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Oct 18
I am stunned this is illegal in some states. I have no idea about California law but people have always collected rainwater (when it rains!) as far back as I can remember, long before the environmental movement. City folks in houses would catch rainwater for later use. Common practice. It's not like the water is being wasted.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (107939)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Oct 18
That could help a lot of places by easing flooding and drought. Great idea. Many places have it against the law to collect rain water anymore.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (19588)
• London, England
21 Oct 18
Sounds a bit rough on the rainwater collector, but I saw that you need to have the water rights to collect the stuff. I have read that water is a big issue in the the Mid-West and further west, so I guess they are serious!
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anthony davis
@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
16 Nov 18
Right now we need to find ways to pump water all the way from big rivers or even the ocean to drought stricken and fire prone California and other areas that have been devastated by forest and brush fires.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
21 Oct 18
I have always wondered why this could not happen. Wildfires in California and flooding in other states. They should be able to get together.
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anthony davis
@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
16 Nov 18
It makes sense from my standpoint too.
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