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To: tejek who wrote (563393)	4/28/2010 11:00:07 AM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1572013

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To: tejek who wrote (563393)	4/28/2010 12:36:54 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572013

That makes it much more complex, but to the extent drilling for water is in any way subsidized, that subsidy should be removed, as should all the general subsidies for water (most often subsidies for agriculture or industry). If the shortage is truly severe than if you can establish some private property rights over the water you can handle it more efficiently than by any other method, the problem with this when your dealing with a large aquifer is that you are in effect taking part of the property rights that current land owners have. You could compensate them for that. Maintaining the water supply is a reasonable public interest issue. But it would be expensive. Also enforcement would be rather difficult.