Water management emerges as high-stakes statewide issue

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4 thoughts on “Water management emerges as high-stakes statewide issue

  1. “The chamber report says the funding conversation might be difficult because imposing taxes to fund such efforts has long been an unpopular idea.” – Protecting our #1 natural resource costs money? Impossible!

    1. The Chamber understands that the Republican supermajority thinks that the solution to every problem is “cut taxes and eliminate regulations”. Raising taxes and regulating water is the exact opposite, so guess the likelihood.

  2. “We have to start thinking like the Western states now“. The Western states have drained the Colorado River. I don’t think we ought to follow that lead.

    1. The Western and Plains states have been moving water across their states to supply cities and farms for generations now. So too has New York. And even in my lifetime in Indiana, crop irrigation has become much more of a thing…increasing demand on groundwater.

      We do need water quantity regulation in Indiana. (We’ve had water quality regulation for 30+ years.)

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