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unhappycamper

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Mon Nov 11, 2013, 06:26 AM Nov 2013

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott drills well to water lawn during historic drought

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/10/texas-attorney-general-greg-abbott-drills-well-to-water-lawn-during-historic-drought/



Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott drills well to water lawn during historic drought
By David Edwards
Sunday, November 10, 2013 14:40 EST

Texas Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott is one of a growing number of wealthy residents who are drilling wells to get around water restrictions during one of the worst droughts in history — a practice that environmentalists are warning could leave less water for everyone else.

The Texas Tribune reported on Sunday that Abbott had installed the well just months before the city of Austin began cracking down on lawn-watering restrictions.

According to the Tribune, some of the resident’s in Abbott’s luxury Pemberton Heights neighborhood had marked their lawns with signs that noted “Watering by Private Well” to avoid being hassled by the city.

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Under Austin city law, Abbott is allowed to pump as much water out of the ground as he wants, even if it means another well goes dry in the process.
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott drills well to water lawn during historic drought (Original Post) unhappycamper Nov 2013 OP
Juanita Jean has some good comments about Greg's selfishness Gothmog Nov 2013 #1

Gothmog

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1. Juanita Jean has some good comments about Greg's selfishness
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 03:48 PM
Nov 2013
http://www.juanitajean.com/2013/11/11/because-he-can-thats-why/

I will admit he’s not the only stinkin’ rich, self-involved, narcissistic son of a motherless goat in the fancy pants neighborhood he lives in who does this. Ben Crenshaw and Mack Brown also do it. But, that don’t make it right. And they’re not running for Governor.

Yes, digging these wells does impact group water resources negatively. And yes, in Texas you do own the water under your land. You also own all the oxygen over your land but if you got a big oxygen sucking machine and put it on your lawn, it’s gonna hurt your neighbor’s oxygen levels. Same deal here.

Watering livestock is one thing. Your lawn is another thing. A whole ‘nother thing.

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