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  • feather
    Shanghai ooompa loompa
    • Jul 2004
    • 20895

    All your rain are belong to us

    But according to the state of Colorado, the rain that falls on Holstrom's property is not hers to keep. It should be allowed to fall to the ground and flow unimpeded into surrounding creeks and streams, the law states, to become the property of farmers, ranchers, developers and water agencies that have bought the rights to those waterways.

    What Holstrom does is called rainwater harvesting. It's a practice that dates back to the dawn of civilization, and is increasingly in vogue among environmentalists and others who pursue sustainable lifestyles. They collect varying amounts of water, depending on the rainfall and the vessels they collect it in. The only risk involved is losing it to evaporation. Or running afoul of Western states' water laws.

    Those laws, some of them more than a century old, have governed the development of the region since pioneer days.

    "If you try to collect rainwater, well, that water really belongs to someone else," said Doug Kemper, executive director of the Colorado Water Congress. "We get into a very detailed accounting on every little drop."


    Hilarious

    i_want_to_have_sex_with_electronic_music

    Originally posted by Hoff
    a powerful and insane mothership that occasionally comes commanded by the real ones .. then suck us and makes us appear in the most magical of all lands
    Originally posted by m1sT3rL
    Oh. My. God. James absolutely obliterated the island tonight. The last time there was so much destruction, Obi Wan Kenobi had to take a seat on the Falcon after the Death Star said "hi and bye" to Leia's homeworld.

    I got pics and video. But I will upload them in the morning. I need to smoke this nice phat joint and just close my eyes and replay the amazingness in my head.
  • floridaorange
    I'm merely a humble butler
    • Dec 2005
    • 29116

    #2
    Re: All your rain are belong to us

    ^i dunno about colorado but water is serious business in SoCal. There isn't enough to go around.

    It was fun while it lasted...

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    • i!!ustrious
      I got some N64 Games Yo!!
      • Mar 2008
      • 12308

      #3
      Re: All your rain are belong to us

      ^ ah yeah big time. need moar watar! lol nice read. brb staking my rain water claims.

      i only turn on the water to rinse on and off when i shower nowadays, and summer is coming up... oh shi- @Q!11!

      in regards to utilities etc. it almost feel like we're voyaging on burning ship with no water to put out the fires with -- here in socal; and seeing as though california is one of the biggest econ's of the world, we are in some serious debt, and thinking of all this, makes me conserve power, water, etc. so much more. i like to think our guvvernattor and company are handling the b.i well tho.
      (((( }-d|-__-|b-{ ))))

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      • DIDI
        Aussie Pest
        • Nov 2004
        • 16845

        #4
        Re: All your rain are belong to us

        Originally posted by feather
        Err We have similar laws here.
        Originally posted by TheVrk
        it IS incredible isn't it??
        STILL pumpin out great set after great set...never cheesed out, never sold out, never lost his touch..
        Simply does not get any better than Hernan
        The 'club spirit' is in the soul. It Never Dies

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        • feather
          Shanghai ooompa loompa
          • Jul 2004
          • 20895

          #5
          Re: All your rain are belong to us

          Really? Gee.

          i_want_to_have_sex_with_electronic_music

          Originally posted by Hoff
          a powerful and insane mothership that occasionally comes commanded by the real ones .. then suck us and makes us appear in the most magical of all lands
          Originally posted by m1sT3rL
          Oh. My. God. James absolutely obliterated the island tonight. The last time there was so much destruction, Obi Wan Kenobi had to take a seat on the Falcon after the Death Star said "hi and bye" to Leia's homeworld.

          I got pics and video. But I will upload them in the morning. I need to smoke this nice phat joint and just close my eyes and replay the amazingness in my head.

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          • Mariner1
            Banned
            • Feb 2009
            • 500

            #6
            Re: All your rain are belong to us

            i haven't read the link, but i have read some 'hysterical' water property cases out of the Colorado jurisdiction.

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            • DIDI
              Aussie Pest
              • Nov 2004
              • 16845

              #7
              Re: All your rain are belong to us

              Originally posted by feather
              Really? Gee.
              Well think what would happen if people were able to capture most of the water that falls on their property and it's not flowing into creeks, rivers catchment areas etc. A bit like what is happening here in the Murray Darling basin In metropolitan areas capture is a really good idea, because it only going down storm water drains.

              It is actually a very serious subject

              Lucky charms Kudos for your green attitudes. A lot of the technology being used in California is actually Australian , but our governments here [both colours] do fuckall to support green technology.

              Instead they want to build massive polluting desal plants on beautiful near pristine coastline.
              Originally posted by TheVrk
              it IS incredible isn't it??
              STILL pumpin out great set after great set...never cheesed out, never sold out, never lost his touch..
              Simply does not get any better than Hernan
              The 'club spirit' is in the soul. It Never Dies

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              • Erik Mitchell
                Gold Gabber
                • Oct 2004
                • 598

                #8
                Re: All your rain are belong to us

                It can get pretty dry here, droughts during the summer suck ass. It's been a really warm & dry winter this year in Denver... Thankfully there's a great snowpack this year. Also love this quote from the article:

                "Welcome to water politics in Colorado," Romer said. "You don't touch my gun, you don't touch my whiskey, and you don't touch my water."
                soundcloud - facedbook

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                • GetAchievements
                  Getting Somewhere
                  • Jan 2009
                  • 170

                  #9
                  Re: All your rain are belong to us

                  Originally posted by floridaorange
                  ^i dunno about colorado but water is serious business in SoCal. There isn't enough to go around.
                  I don't understand how a state that borders an ocean is low on water. I'm sure the state can run pipes to all the farmers to water their crops. They just don't want to pay for it.
                  http://soundcloud.com/getachievements

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                  • i!!ustrious
                    I got some N64 Games Yo!!
                    • Mar 2008
                    • 12308

                    #10
                    Re: All your rain are belong to us

                    ^ well i think we need more water Desalination plants here..

                    .. yup, those suckers are expensive.
                    (((( }-d|-__-|b-{ ))))

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                    • DIDI
                      Aussie Pest
                      • Nov 2004
                      • 16845

                      #11
                      Re: All your rain are belong to us

                      Expensive, energy hungry, and polluting And our federal environment minister has just signed off on it !!!
                      Last edited by DIDI; March 20, 2009, 07:18:17 PM.
                      Originally posted by TheVrk
                      it IS incredible isn't it??
                      STILL pumpin out great set after great set...never cheesed out, never sold out, never lost his touch..
                      Simply does not get any better than Hernan
                      The 'club spirit' is in the soul. It Never Dies

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                      • Garrick
                        DUDERZ get a life!!!
                        • Jun 2004
                        • 6764

                        #12
                        Re: All your rain are belong to us

                        water is a commodity taken for granted, imo. atlanta has been in serious drought issues for 2 years now. our main feeder lake is half what it used to be.
                        Should I fuck you at that not until the ass, inject then tremendously hard bumschen and to the termination in the eyes yes?

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                        • Dhar_2
                          meat and potatoes
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 18917

                          #13
                          Re: All your rain are belong to us



                          morons!

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