GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IS NOT CONSERVATION
Farmers have always complied with the water districts advice, now they want your property. That is overstepping their purpose.
The High Plains Underground Water Conservation District proposes to prevent landowners from using their property without compensating landowners for the losses they will suffer.
To some farmers who think the water district’s plan will help you to have more water, we say it is not conservation, it is taking property. You lose more than you gain. We urge you to see this as an extreme step of government control of our lives and businesses.
To those citizens that think farmers use too much water, we say irrigated farming started the economy of this region and is still the cornerstone.
Government limiting use of private property is not conservation, being efficient is conservation.
Implementation of the 50/50 plan as proposed by the District will result in the taking of property without compensation in violation of the fifth amendment.
Disrupting the present economy and devaluing existing property for an economy in 50 years makes no sense.
The production ability of many farms will be disastrously affected.
Restricting pumping will unfairly affect higher value land.
This action is a precedent for government agencies to take more control of our lives and freedom.
Proposed rules that ignore investments in land, equipment and historic use are unreasonable.