01-13-2010, 02:05 PM
As to the ownership of the water, (free water) since the government here lays claim to all mineral rights, I surmise that they own the water. Just be glad that they are not taxing those people with private wells for taking "their water" out of the ground. Look at the tax that they levy upon the steam that the geothermal company uses - and I will add, injects right back into the ground.