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I'm guessing this doesn't apply to the many companies who take groundwater practically for free and then bottle and sell it. Regular consumers shouldn't be pun

I'm guessing this doesn't apply to the many companies who take groundwater practically for free and then bottle and sell it. Regular consumers shouldn't be punished for the misuse of water by companies and farmers.

labster 9y ago
Nope. Modifying pre-1914 water rights in California would constitute a taking, and the state government would have to reimburse that. As for the sweetheart deals that Nestlé gets from the federal government, that's another matter entirely.
- oh_sigh 9y ago
  Can't they just tax the water? Or put a tax on crops which use high amounts of water?
  - dnautics 9y ago
    they don't even need to tax the water. They could hold proper auctions of the water, and that alone would lead to massive savings and conservation.
tempodox 9y ago
Regular consumers don't finance election campaigns.