Indiana House Bill 1628 seeks to standardize the regulations for infrastructure across the state, including any that "...involves the siting, construction, or deployment of facilities, equipment, or infrastructure used in the generation, transmission, distribution, or storage of electricity, gases or fluids, or water..". On its face, this would
In the middle of December, the Indiana Finance Authority gave a presentation on preliminary findings of its study of water supplies across the state. They gave this presentation to "stakeholders", which apparently did not include regular citizens. As expected, they found that there is lots of water in
Here are a few quotes from the politicians who want your vote. Please vote to PROTECT our precious water for the PEOPLE of this state. Candidates for Governor * Mike Braun, Republican: “Our state has invested too much time and money into the LEAP project to allow it to be jeopardized
Why is the LEAP project important to residents of Greater Lafayette?
Brian Daggy at the Indiana Capital Chronicle has written that the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) has been given another $101 million of our tax dollars "...for a water pipeline, land and infrastructure for the (LEAP) project." The current plan would take water from closer to Indianapolis, from
Jody Tishmack, PhD, CEO/President of Soilmaker, has written a letter in response to the Indiana Finance Authority's (IFA) recent release of the first part of its study of water in the North Central area of Indiana. In that release, the IFA claimed that water withdrawals in the
The Indiana Finance Authority has released a summary of its review of water demand in two areas of the state. They now turn to the question of supply. How do they think they can get a realistic view of water supply in just a few months? North-central water withdrawals in
Here is the second attachment from Jody Tishmack's message about monitoring wells.
*** IF YOU HAVE A WELL and live within ~ 5 miles of the Granville Bridge, this is for you.**** From Jody Tishmack: Hello Everyone, I'm reaching out to invite you to participate in a large scale water monitoring program, and to pass the word to others.
We were made aware this afternoon that David Sanders has made some public allegations against the leadership of Stop The Water Steal. Mr. Sanders claims that the leadership has "seized" control of the assets of the group and "paralyzed" its activities. To the contrary, the officers
Join us for a FUNdraiser on May 17, featuring the music of The Ballistics and Spontaneous Hopeful Monster!
In 2003, my husband, Chris Riley, and I built our log home from reclaimed barn timbers on a 10-acre lot. We put up all of the fencing around the property by hand, planted numerous trees, including an orchard of fruit and nut trees. We have approximately an acre under organic