Whats that Sound!

[oneoff]

grrr It also isn't OK to single out unidentified individuals 20 miles away. I have respect for those who call a spade a spade; but don't omit the obvious possibility of drainage contributions from much closer individuals such as your own municipal road system and neighbors; friends and even yourself that you would rather not confront. What goes around also comes around; and it plain cowardice to blame everthing on what may or may not be going on 20 miles away. Just say you also agree with my points and we would have a basis to continue this discussion.

[SASKFARMER3]

My point is in Saskatchewan we resent all our neighbors for doing something. Live in Past where 100 year old families still think their in Jolly old England and run the place. Simply our watershed authorities are a joke. Every where I mean every where farmers and water authorities work together to create viable land for agriculture but not in Dear old Saskatchewan. I bought that quarter and your water cant get through it attitude. Sooner or later we need to change our attitude get in to the 2000s and look at what every one else is doing and start doing it. Simply jealous of a neighbor who tries to make his farm better and not hurt his neighbors is pathetic. Worry about your farm.

[oneoff]

Now that I'm wound up on the water problem issue; here's a couple more points to consider. There are a substancial number of landscapers who sleep soundly at night knowing that their additional excess water goes into a handy water run, ravine or creek. The affects on downstream infrastucture (too small bridges, increased flooding of low areas this side of the oeans and even the ocean; nutrient loading etc etc) should be at least acknowledged before deciding that you have no impact on some facet of the world's water problems.
I've one final observation. Why has a province such as Manitoba looked at drainage in a totally light than dried out Saskatchewan. I seems that in any part of the world except Sask; there is an accepted concept of land improvement. Why is land contouring, levelling, drainage, or any other "improvement" so unaccepted and frowned upon in Sask; even though our ancestors would't recognize the same land they homesteaded. Every one of those "improvements" was substancially caused by the past and present residents; and I for one appreciate most of those changes.

[oneoff]

Cmon Saskfarmer3. Its not fair to take words out of my mouth when I'm busy typing with one finger.
Seriously; excellent analysis; too bad we can't all consider the obvious problems; and then do something collectively about what requires changing

[SASKFARMER3]

Your right, hell when I am overseas or in USA or anywhere the farmers and water authority work together to create system but in Sask its small town politics that just burns me. Have three friends his wife and two cousins and wins his division and unless he screws up real bad has a life long job. WOW what a system.

[smallguy]

Im new here, What a site for radicals and people with no morals. Any one that things draining water onto other peoples land is okay, then I see why some of you spend so much time on this site. YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS TO TALK TO.

[SASKFARMER3]

No i never said its OK to drain onto the neighbors but into a natural water way damn strait it is. No were not radicals that the CWB supporters.

[grrrr]

Well, it seems that the only thing we will all agree upon is that the water authority in Saskatchewan is a joke. We will agree to disagree on the water drainage issue. As Mark Twain said, "Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over."

[LWeber]

Dont know if it is true or not but a story in the early 2000's had a farmer from SW Manitoba shooting a 4430 attached to a drainage pump until it died with a 30/30.

Shot it 20 times...

Nothing dies like a Deere.

[checking]

Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over. Only if someone is diluting my whiskey with water. (lol)

We will agree to disagree on the water drainage issue. Not if you recognize that most water complaints have nothing to do with water.

Gregpet, you brought up an excellent point on downpours. Grrr would you be swayed to the fairness side if your closed basin ratepayers experienced a localized downpour event of a six inch rain that filled the basin? Upstream, four miles away, recorded a tenth inch.

True story. The next morning, the basin dweller was in the air taking pictures of my dry sloughs, and his filled ones as proof that I had caused his crop loss. If your council had had the final say I'd have been strung up by nightfall. Fortunately, the watershed authority wasn't so easily duped.

All I'd ask of you is that, as a representative, to recognize the true agendas out there, and to be fair in who you accuse of draining water.