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If a Farmer saves water, the State takes it. If a city saves water, Utah lets them keep it for more money and uses. What’s going on?

A Utah farmer (a Public Food Provider) has less rights to the use of water than a weed, a bush, or a Public Water Provider. Eating Food is as important as drinking Water. Why are Farmers second class Water users in Utah? Farmers consume only 3.2% of Utah’s water. Cities consume 0.5%. Trees consume 80%. You can’t sue trees. So Utah sues Farmers to take their water.

A house evaporates 1 gallon of indoor water a day worth $0.005. You can plant 10 trees evaporating 1,000 gallons of water a day with no Water Right. But you can’t plant a house evaporating 1 gallon a day without a Water Right taking up to 2 years to get approvals on. What’s going on?

Utah leaks 500 billion gallons of water (5 Deer Creeks) enough for 4 million new people. So why is Farm Water being targeted and cut everyday in Utah by 22 full time farm water cutters at the Division of Water Fights?

A farmer (Public Food Provider) has less rights to use water than a weed, a bush, or a tree. – Utahfarmers.org

The Division of Water Rights refuses to update its 1981 indoor water requirement of 400 gallons per day (400 gpd EDU) to build a home. This hurts families by adding $30,000 to $60,000 in Water Red Tape to least 300 rural families who build in the county by doubling the water right cost and doubling the septic system cost. After 44 years, why won’t Utah update it’s EDU from 400 gpd to 200 gpd to cut $30,000 to $60,000 for a rural home build and thousands from city home builds? Because, in Utah water is a weapon not a drink.

What role has the Division of Water Rights played in Utah’s Watershed Malpractice and Forest Negligence? It enables massive water hoarding by cities which then claim ridge to ridge watershed police powers under Utah Code 10-8-15. Despite the fact that Chlorinated water causes cancer, and Fluoride lowers IQ, no one really drinks tap water. The average person drinks 11gallons of tap water a year. This means 99.99% of canyon water is used for lawns, toilets, and laundry, not drinking water.

The Legislature was fooled into giving cities eternal water hoarding powers for 40 years plus unlimited, guaranteed extensions. The farmer faces 7 years of use it or lose it. If a farmers asks for a new water, he’s promptly denied. When the Water Cartel asks for new water, their applications pend forever and slip out approved here and there.

Utah needs major water right reform, to protect Farm water in a State that can’t feed itself. Utah imports 97% of its fruits and vegetables, and 75% of its dairy.

Let’s make a better Utah.

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