100% support! Water haulers have become aggressive and belligerent, and refuse to be held accountable. Their actions affect all residents daily lives in the areas they deliver to. Noise, road destruction, watering roadside weeds with spillage creating fire hazard, and taking essential water in a historic drought are all harmful acts. Thank you for taking this into consideration.
I have watched the proliferation of illegal cannabis grows on our remote, rural Ranch for many years now and the devastation water trucks have caused to our roads. At a time when many personal wells in the county are going dry and our local creeks lower than they've ever been in 30 years.... It is unconscionable to allow water use for illegal operations to the detriment of the ecosystem as a whole. I have seen water trucks taking water out of local aquifers on Highway 20.... This must stop. One of the main considerations when permitting a legal grow is the considerations of water source... For obvious reason. It is overdue that the county recognizes and takes action on the devastation that illegal grows have on our Lake Co ecosystem especially as regards water. I hope you adopt this resolution.
Thank you for bringing this much needed urgency ordinance before the Board. Legal commercial cannabis operations are prohibited from having water hauled in as a condition of their permit while illegal cannabis growers fear no repercussion. This will not affect legal, permitted cultivation. Water tenders hauling water to illegal cannabis grows only aids in the illegal activity that the county already struggles to get a handle on every year and it creates issues for the residents that live around them. The water haulers travel on roads that are not rated for their weight causing sever damage, yet there is no relief or cost reimbursements for the residents especially in cases of privately maintained roads. Deliveries are made at all hours of the day/night with no regard for surrounding residents and excess water is carelessly dumped on the ground or roadway. Drought or not, such a precious resource as water should not be wasted on enabling large scale illegal activities.
I think this ordinance is a very good idea and should be passed. I am in an area with many unpermitted cannabis grows which rely heavily or solely on trucked water, and see multiple water trucks every day going through our roads which are in very poor condition, damaging both our pavement and dirt roads which were not engineered to support truck traffic. Yesterday I counted at least 4 trucks (and likely missed a few), 2 of which were from the same company and went consecutively to the same site. That is 6,000 gallons of water delivered to one property in one day for a grow. Our water resources, and in our case, our roads, cannot support this. On some occasions I have also seen water trucks simply dumping all their water out the back of their truck onto the road and turning it to mud on 100+ degree days! I have no idea what their situation was, but this waste of water is not acceptable while Clear Lake and other water reserves in the region are at extremely low levels.
100% support! Water haulers have become aggressive and belligerent, and refuse to be held accountable. Their actions affect all residents daily lives in the areas they deliver to. Noise, road destruction, watering roadside weeds with spillage creating fire hazard, and taking essential water in a historic drought are all harmful acts. Thank you for taking this into consideration.
I have watched the proliferation of illegal cannabis grows on our remote, rural Ranch for many years now and the devastation water trucks have caused to our roads. At a time when many personal wells in the county are going dry and our local creeks lower than they've ever been in 30 years.... It is unconscionable to allow water use for illegal operations to the detriment of the ecosystem as a whole. I have seen water trucks taking water out of local aquifers on Highway 20.... This must stop. One of the main considerations when permitting a legal grow is the considerations of water source... For obvious reason. It is overdue that the county recognizes and takes action on the devastation that illegal grows have on our Lake Co ecosystem especially as regards water. I hope you adopt this resolution.
Thank you for bringing this much needed urgency ordinance before the Board. Legal commercial cannabis operations are prohibited from having water hauled in as a condition of their permit while illegal cannabis growers fear no repercussion. This will not affect legal, permitted cultivation. Water tenders hauling water to illegal cannabis grows only aids in the illegal activity that the county already struggles to get a handle on every year and it creates issues for the residents that live around them. The water haulers travel on roads that are not rated for their weight causing sever damage, yet there is no relief or cost reimbursements for the residents especially in cases of privately maintained roads. Deliveries are made at all hours of the day/night with no regard for surrounding residents and excess water is carelessly dumped on the ground or roadway. Drought or not, such a precious resource as water should not be wasted on enabling large scale illegal activities.
I think this ordinance is a very good idea and should be passed. I am in an area with many unpermitted cannabis grows which rely heavily or solely on trucked water, and see multiple water trucks every day going through our roads which are in very poor condition, damaging both our pavement and dirt roads which were not engineered to support truck traffic. Yesterday I counted at least 4 trucks (and likely missed a few), 2 of which were from the same company and went consecutively to the same site. That is 6,000 gallons of water delivered to one property in one day for a grow. Our water resources, and in our case, our roads, cannot support this. On some occasions I have also seen water trucks simply dumping all their water out the back of their truck onto the road and turning it to mud on 100+ degree days! I have no idea what their situation was, but this waste of water is not acceptable while Clear Lake and other water reserves in the region are at extremely low levels.