martybegan
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I'm not seeing how the state benefits from the free use of water. The water use is (supposedly) managed by the state for the benefit of the state's population. This isn't a business it is a state.Good point. They could raise taxes and make everyone living in the state pay for it instead of the property owner that is going to reap the benefit.
Thats a valid point, but the people of the state are reaping the benefit of owning water that falls on a persons property and/or flows through it. In effect they are getting free use of water off of someone else's property, less of course the cost the water companys charge.
The state benefits because they get to decide who uses the water and how. Have you ever been thorugh a building department permitting process? It seems sometimes that the word "No" is to be said the first 3 cycles out of habit.
The problem I have with alot of these permitting setups is there is no place to appeal to. The agency is usually judge, jury, and denier.