It's illegal to impede water flow on your own property in Oregon

[Mr Khan]

SamuelRSmith said:

Mr Khan said:

NobleTeam360 said:
You missed the point. This is one step closer of the USA becoming a tyranical police state.

No, its not. This is out-of-context libertarian alarmism. The community has always had a stake in water rights, and water that flows through, to, or from your property is your responsibility, as in, you can't do bad things with it.

I'm sorely tempted to edit this thread title, really, but i'll keep this out of my new purview and instead just voice my disapproval

Feel free to edit, all I've read is this article. Clearly there's more to it than just what this article said.

The sticking point is this statement, here

Paul continues, "If you build a dam, an earthen dam, and interrupt the flow of water off of [YOUR OWN] property, and store that water that is an activity that would require a water right permit from us."

Yes, you aren't entitled to block the flow of rainwater off of your property, if it's coming out of a body of water. Rain barrels are one thing (though they are heavily discouraged where i live, but for a different reason, because still water makes for mosquito breeding grounds and mosquitos around here can carry West Nile), but this is about water flow.

How about we fix the title to "It's now illegal to block the flow of water on your property in Oregon"?