Upcoming N.C. drought bill to consider monitoring water usage
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
By Staff
Water users, including individual well owners, may have to register with the state and abide by stricter consumption rules if lawmakers pass a drought plan this year.
The plan legislators will consider in an upcoming bill includes creating regional water-use standards for cities, well owners and other users.
Users would have to report consumption, facing fines or other penalties for noncompliance.
“If we don’t know somebody’s using water, like if we don’t have a clue how much well water’s being drawn, it’s a little hard to actively manage your aquifer,” said Sen. Joe Sam Queen, D-Waynesville.
“I think in the short term, people are just going to have to register their water use, one way or the other,” said Queen, a member of the legislature’s Drought and Agriculture Committee. (more…)
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