Any company wishing to…

Any company wishing to extract water for commercial purposes, for whatever reason should go through the same process of review. This would hold true whether it is a new extractor or a company or organization that purchases an existing company. Permits to extract water should not transfer with company ownership.

It is critical that all communities in a watershed from which water will be extracted must have a say on whether permission should be granted. If a community will be harmed through decreased availability of water, then permits should be denied. Charges for commercially extracted water should be increased significantly to represent the true value of water. Non commercial drinking water and private use wells would not be covered by the rules, unless an individual was drawing so much water it begins to affect others.

Communities within a watershed must be permitted to review and potentially deny permit renewals as circumstances change, and water availability may not be what it was prior.