Shouldn't the construction company have to pull permits also. Where did the state think they were gonna get the water to fill the tanks that they were building
@varner22611 ай бұрын
They were not holding tanks for water, so the state was probably unaware they were gonna use 6 million gallons to check for leaks.
@Deontjie11 ай бұрын
The state and it's over regulations is the reason nothing can be done in the US any-more.
@thomasriggle637111 ай бұрын
@varner226 Well, then it's the states fault. These aren't the first holding tanks ever constructed.
@SamLopezI11 ай бұрын
La Mordida.
@pzm95811 ай бұрын
Right!!?? Ant the state inspectors for the project didn't question where the water came from and where it was going AFTER the water test was complete?? We are all not so ignorant!!
@U20E2711 ай бұрын
Whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting over. The classic Western Bar discussion about water.
@richardkeen988811 ай бұрын
Mark Twain
@Kevin-x4p4y10 ай бұрын
Based :>) LOL
@bluelava428210 ай бұрын
COPY CAT….@@richardkeen9888
@calvincamara770810 ай бұрын
Whiskey for his men and Beer for the horses
@bluelava428210 ай бұрын
Sounds right…..@@calvincamara7708
@GeekLowkey6 ай бұрын
As a rancher with that much experience, he knows damn well what permits he has and what permits he doesn’t have, and that smile on his face says it all
@criticalthinker38556 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 He's smiling to the bank and make fools out of everyone 🤬
@bobboyer37666 ай бұрын
Don't need permission on your own property to do what S-H-I-T this isn't commy CALI.
@coraclements45626 ай бұрын
He is a Liar, he knew what he was doing
@plane18806 ай бұрын
That’s why the rich stay rich they know how to get around shit
@Gasoline4ever4 ай бұрын
Better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
@sjb346011 ай бұрын
I guarantee this is not the only illegal water theft.
@Emmy-J11 ай бұрын
Saudis have been draining water for their crops in Arizona until they put a stop to it.
@scottgremko442611 ай бұрын
That has to be 30yr. old story. 😉
@thomasriggle637111 ай бұрын
"Illegal water theft" What makes this illegal?
@Reaper-cm4jr11 ай бұрын
So what happened to the water when they were through testing the tanks? I can just about guarantee that they didn't just dump it out on the ground because that would be a bigger story than this. So very likely it went right back into the ground and into the Aquifer it came from.
@Cmunic811 ай бұрын
@@thomasriggle6371it wasn’t their water? Smdh
@charliepiland328511 ай бұрын
There is NO WAY that Bill King was unaware that his irrigation well could not be used for a private water sale to a pipeline company...no way!!!
@noyopacific11 ай бұрын
Mr King accepted responsibility without complaint, agreed that the State Engineer had regulatory authority over the use of the water and did not make up a bunch of flimsy excuses for himself. You don't see people do that very often so I think I'll take his word for it. If the remedy is that his ability to use the well is suspended for enough time to mitigate the diversion I don't have any problem with that.
@geedubb-q1u11 ай бұрын
@@noyopacific..but he’ll make $100’s of thousands on the transaction and will shut down that 35 acres until next year. He’ll just move the crops that would have been on that land to another piece.
@lowandslow393911 ай бұрын
@@noyopacificThat doesn’t address the point that he must have known that what he was doing was illegal, but he did it anyway.
@noyopacific11 ай бұрын
@@lowandslow3939 I'm not ready to accept the assumption that the farmer was fully aware of the limits on how the water from his well could be used. He certainly made no effort to hide what he was doing. I used to have an agricultural well myself that produced 6-700 gallons a minute. If someone had offered to pay me a couple hundred per tanker load, it wouldn't have crossed my mind that I might not be permitted to do this.
@banjobenson934811 ай бұрын
OH BULL S, everyone knows how important water is there, its a farm well , He should be fined a large amount and not allowed to irrigate any of his land for 2 years. @@noyopacific
@potusol6 ай бұрын
He knew exactly what he was doing and he didn't think he would get caught.
@treypelham551511 ай бұрын
I’m assuming he saw dollar signs and went for it. I never heard of a farmer or rancher selling so much water. Even if you have extra, you sell it to other farmers. Where is this water going after the tank test?
@Miner-4911 ай бұрын
Farmers sell billions of gallons of water to drink manufacturing companies per year. Pumping from aquifers, springs and reservoirs.
@ernestjoiner304011 ай бұрын
An irrigation pivot uses a million gallons of water a day. At most, he sold 6 days worth of irrigation. I don't even see a story here. It's a joke.
@joann505111 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing where are they going to use the water hopefully to water other fields. For the one who says it's a joke there is no joke about wasting water I don't care how many days of water it is. We are in severe drought even if it doesn't look like it at the moment.
@thomasriggle637111 ай бұрын
Isn't that what the state seen? "DOLLAR SIGNS" when they found out by the Karen Neighbor. The state will spend a trillion dollars to collect 5 bucks.
@mikelong963811 ай бұрын
Eighteen million gallons fo water sounds like a lot more than it is.
@A-ph7hf10 ай бұрын
He dodged the last question very well without admitting guilt.
@seananon489310 ай бұрын
"It was an oversight", usually means he didn't think he would get caught.
@gregh42846 ай бұрын
He's too big and too rich to fail. He's special. His rights, and all. 😬
@kevinrice76356 ай бұрын
Double talk man of of genius 🎉
@debbiehall93966 ай бұрын
Exactly! He didn't think he'd be called on it, because of his wealth! From the sounds of residents wells going dry, because he's began using the firehouse pumps, he's STILL getting away w/it, AND he has govt PROTECTION!! Protect the haves, screw the have nots!! My heart goes out to the HAVE NOTS!
@curtisking17589 ай бұрын
Rev. 01. My wife and I, live out hear in Stanley, near where they have been pumping out the aquifer. Although they have reportedly stopped, they are now pumping from the nearby Volunteer Fire Station's, hydrant. My well, and many East Mountain resident wells went dry as well, during the first pumping, we had to haul water from town for two months and make over $3000.00 in repairs to the well. We lowered it another 50ft, which put it at the bottom. A lot of wells went dry out here.
@sedg036 ай бұрын
Lds church bought 400,000+ acres of irrig farm lands in NW Nebraska.. to get at the undrgrnd Ogallala Aquifer... Mirmons are desperately trying to use mormon constitutional sheriffs to seize homes to sell cho to other mormons to move to NE COLO & NEBR.
@HobbyOrganist6 ай бұрын
Now you see the problem with living in basically a desert, there are places not meant for human habitation or cities and those aquafers will not refill again like they did long ago, there simply isnt enough rain to do it
@teresag20156 ай бұрын
@@bryanx590 Africa had a desert. Starting in 1981 a gentleman used termites to hold back the desert. Now, we have climate change and river piracy in the skies. If people took theirs eyes and fingers off their damn phones and looked up...surprise.
@dertythegrower6 ай бұрын
arabs did it for alfalfa in the area.. which is then shipped over seas for animals there
@tomwillis90515 ай бұрын
Might have been a good idea to let the Kings pull from a better well, huh ? ? :) Or not try to live in a DESERT :)
@thedesertdwellerfromutah435411 ай бұрын
Problem with all this is the Water aquifer isn't only under his Property and it doesn't only affect his property. It affects the whole surrounding area and every Ranch or homestead within Miles of his Ranch. They suck it dry and everyone's Wells will run dry and be useless not to mention dropping the water table quickly like that can cause safety issues with land splitting wide open.
@jamesrice609611 ай бұрын
That is just not how that works, at all.
@tangojuli20911 ай бұрын
Agreed. Wish that was more clear in this broadcast and not just inferred.
@thomasriggle637111 ай бұрын
The last time I checked land never floated on water. Water doesn't (belong) to anyone. They may claim it but that's no different then this rancher selling access to it. What it all boils down to is the state is pissed they didn't get thousands of dollars for something they claim but don't oun.
@thedesertdwellerfromutah435411 ай бұрын
@@jamesrice6096 It is exactly how it works Mr. KZbin expert.
@thomasriggle637111 ай бұрын
@@thedesertdwellerfromutah4354 thanks youtube fact checker. Is that what the media told you or haven't you figured out that dirt doesn't float? 🤔
@sweetingranch273610 ай бұрын
So being penalized for 35 acres is a hand slap.
@scottwwsi11 ай бұрын
when he was asked the question "did you realize you didn't have a valid permit?', did anyone noticed how much he was blinking his eyes?
@krickette556911 ай бұрын
He was blinking like that through the entire interview.
@Wildstar4011 ай бұрын
He was blinking Morse code. He appears to be blinking: "I wanna get my scatter gun and ask these camera people to leave." 🤣
@user-qt8zt6zg6w11 ай бұрын
I never blink. Man’s obviously a liar
@radicalrick958711 ай бұрын
*Slobbering, shaking, heart beating so hard you could see his shirt pumping, smirking slightly, etc...* *If this was a lie detector test it would have blown the machine up.*
@RMBlake00710 ай бұрын
@@radicalrick9587 Slobbering? I think you must have been watching a different video my friend... a little radical don't you think? ;)
@stevendaleschmitt11 ай бұрын
WHAT IS THE POINT OF REGULATION IF PERMISSION CAN SIMPLY BE PURCHASED?
@jamesa750611 ай бұрын
That IS the point. Regulations generate money.
@Ranstone10 ай бұрын
And now you see why libertarians and right wingers don't like regulation. It's not because we don't like rules and quality control. It's because we know that's a failed tactic, and want to try better ways to achieve the same thing.
@Joshie225610 ай бұрын
I think you missed the part where they state that Mr. King cannot irrigate his land for 1 year. In essence, he sold his water and cannot pump more. What I would like to know is how much he pumps in a year for irrigation. Is this sanction fair to his neighbors who share the aquifer?
@user-pe9ot6cy4s10 ай бұрын
It can't. Else King would have already paid a fee and be back in business with the construction company. If he'd applied for a permit, the engineer would have to check if the water usage would deplete levels negatively and could have specified a return-to-source path for the water, to get it back to the aquifer for use. That's what a permit application is supposed to trigger.
@thedaddechannel10 ай бұрын
How else would we pay the regulators? A license is what you get when the government steals your rights away from you and then sells them back. It's how our system works. Has something to do with civilization, I believe. It was here for a little while before we showed up so we use it. Probably won't last much longer if certain people have their way. Many will fight for it.
@ceaser20810 ай бұрын
Wow, you mean, they finally did their job after millions of gallons were stolen. And what we're supposed to congratulate them.
@KenPaisley11 ай бұрын
Just change your name to Nestle.
@Jason-rn4jk10 ай бұрын
Or Poland springs.
@bobbobby184610 ай бұрын
coke. they paid 3 or 400 dollars for water years ago.
@rossrainwater561910 ай бұрын
Nailed it !!
@river446210 ай бұрын
Good one Ken🤙🏽☮️ yup you nailed it...Poland Springs water, coca cola, Pepsi, the list is hurtfully endless. Water thieves even on Maui for 100+ years🤙🏽💖🏝😢 and when you think of all the waste of precious water millions of gallons millions upon millions that are used for theme parks and golf courses in rich people resorts.....just so distressing. And the water regarded for human consumption is nothing short of poison.
@Woodyperckerhead-ni3ti10 ай бұрын
Hunts
@support258711 ай бұрын
Axis losing millions of gallons to foreign countries. It’s illegal to grow alfalfa in Saudi Arabia so they’re doing in the desert of AZ with NO RESTRICTIONS on amounts pumped!! Thanks Hobbs.
@mooshroom5311 ай бұрын
lol check the news. No more alfalfa is being grow there anymore. Period.
@marknicolich578911 ай бұрын
find some new podcast trash to regurgitate those farms were shut down awhile ago and what exactly does Hobbs have to do with anything those water rights laws have been in place for decades and still are but hey at least you got some thumbs up
@blaydCA11 ай бұрын
@@marknicolich5789 Those farms were NOT shut down. They weren't allowed additional wells after the State of Arizona stepped in.
@junicohen791811 ай бұрын
If only you had honest elections
@shihtzusrule911511 ай бұрын
@@marknicolich5789 it looks like it JUST was reported on back in October and November of 2023 and the Saudi farms shipped the alfalfa back to Saudi since 2015. That is pretty recent for something so blatantly, in-your-face-America aggravating and shouldn't be forgotten for a second unless you, too, think man-dress boy in Saudi Arabia is a pretty great guy, too, and doing wonderful things. The Saudi company, Fondomonte, does own 10,000 acres outright versus the leased land that Hobbs is reversing the decision made by a prior governor - opening the state up to a law suit. This is backup water for Tucson and Phoenix. The laws better catch up with the reality or water misuse and theft is only going to increase. Meter all of the wells and plug them as punishment for abuse. Edit: You can monitor well production from a distance with the new-fanged technology - ask any pumper who lost their well-paid, cherry job to it being centralized at the office and done by those who knew or learned Python in anticipation.
@thomashill296510 ай бұрын
The King ranch has been in business since 1917, and the owner didn't know anything about the water usage rules he was violating? Come on, Mr. King. Really? It appears to be a case of "anything is for sale for the right price".
@williamdawson335311 ай бұрын
So what happened to the water used for testing the tanks?
@joebird140011 ай бұрын
Leaked out
@ronaldsmith234310 ай бұрын
@@joebird1400 Probably
@sugaronmychurro10 ай бұрын
Contaminated water now. Probably get pumped into the Colorado municipal pipeline that runs into west Texas.
@alberthinds7810 ай бұрын
Someone actually asked the right question.
@gregobern608410 ай бұрын
Alcohol distillation lowers the water table in Iowa for mandated gasahol subsidies to farmers, nothing new about government sale of resources to industry
@steveravely670810 ай бұрын
No water for 35 acres. 35 acres is nothing. He just won't plant 35 acres.
@seeharvester5 ай бұрын
That's what I said. 35 acres does not equal 14 million gallons.
@wildcoyote344 ай бұрын
@@seeharvester you'd be surprised how much water it actually takes to irrigate land ,,, 1 acre foot of water 325,851 gallons of water ,, 11,404,785 gallons of water are what it takes to give 35 acres of land 12 inches of irrigation ,, so yea over a year 14 million gallons is easy ,,and most crops easily need 18-24 inches of rainfall
@wildcoyote344 ай бұрын
35 acres of land unable to plant for a year is actually a big hit to a rancher that grows his own feed ,,because he will have to downsize his cattle herd accordingly or buy feed from another ranch ,,and knowing farmers the way i do being a 4th generation iowa farmer ,, the other farms in the area knowing he got penalized will stick it to him or might even refuse to sell feed to him too,,plus he still has to pay taxes on that land and maintain it ,,leaving ranch land fallow for even 1 year invites all sorts of weeds to take root and vermin to move in , critters like prairie dogs and ground squirrels love fallow farm land ,,and all of those weeds and vermin have to be controlled
@sneakyviewing439110 ай бұрын
The best thing about this case is the fact that water is more valuable than gasoline
@paulcrist728510 ай бұрын
California uses about fifteen gallons a day per almond in growing of almond trees
@rickybailey712310 ай бұрын
They need to stop growing almond tress that's crazy !!
@joshfazenbaker56914 ай бұрын
I thought the most interesting part was that the state knew about and permitted the construction a mere 5mi away. The state knew what would be required for construction and use once complete. Where did the state think the water was going to come from? Money for the permit was always going to make the same water available for construction.
@mostcom11 ай бұрын
When I was young a rich man told me it is always smarter to ask for forgiveness than for permission.
@randywise524111 ай бұрын
When I was young my dad told me you can forgive a criminal after he servs time for the crime.
@blaydCA11 ай бұрын
@@randywise5241 When I was young, a rich man, and my dad told me "don't get caught". So far...so good....
@randywise524111 ай бұрын
@@blaydCA LOL. "Do not do the crime if you cannot do the time." Was a generation X thing. I had plenty of time on my hands.
@blaydCA11 ай бұрын
@@randywise5241 "Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time" was around loooong time before even MY time, nevermind GenX and that was a gall dang loooong time ago. LoL
@flydaddy5511 ай бұрын
Not smarter, easier....
@Miner-4911 ай бұрын
After he paid the tax/permit fee, everything was fine. Not really about draining the water it’s about money to the county.
@lowandslow393911 ай бұрын
No. Everything’s not fine. He did not say he was issued a permit. Just the opposite. He cant use that well for one year.
@ernestjoiner304011 ай бұрын
Yep. This boils down to one thing- Bloated Government. Our nation is a disaster right now, and these idiots are losing their minds over AT MOST ~6 days worth of irrigation. I am so sick and tired of city folk.
@tripac339211 ай бұрын
@@ernestjoiner3040they'll be starving soon enough. These conservationists are going to get a good lesson in okay, if it's so easy, here you go, do it yourself. Peanut gallery.
@jamesrice609611 ай бұрын
Think you meant preservationists. Conservationist promote use of resources, but not the total destruction of them At the end of the day, these impressive sounding amounts they are talking about are negligible. It's a story to rile up the informed. The water table is fine.
@herbal.agency11 ай бұрын
@@tripac3392My great uncle in the Rio Grande Valley of TX, age 77 is selling off the cropland as we speak, 62,500 an acre.. This is no joke..
@russbilzing53487 ай бұрын
Everybody seems to have sidestepped the really crucial issue here. WHAT are they going to do with the 6 million gallons of water already in the tanks, now that they have been "tested"? WHAT was the purpose that the tanks were built for in the first place? WHO paid for the tanks to built?
@guytech73106 ай бұрын
Use the water for agriculture irrigation of course. Its just a Bogus matter. So the water gets a dual use: tank testing, & then irrigation.
@marilynjackson57526 ай бұрын
Good question.
@randyvaughn404611 ай бұрын
Seems to be really about the government not getting their 10%. The big guy has gotta get his 10%.
@phiksit10 ай бұрын
Take as much water as you want and dirty it up too👌Gotta support big biz (donors)... screw the little guy. -Republicans Hey, we like Anheuser Busch again because they're fund raising for Dear Leader. -definitely Republicans
@NomoeLockedDoes10 ай бұрын
Sounds like a guy who wears a mask while driving alone in a car sheeple lol😅
@kfrerix977710 ай бұрын
It's about stealing water in the second driest state in the country. Keep making jokes that are two years too late.
@kathleenmccrory988310 ай бұрын
Sounds like you have no clue what you're talking about.
@randyvaughn404610 ай бұрын
@@kathleenmccrory9883 probably don’t. Glad you do.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💩
@logancarter213410 ай бұрын
The question that needs to be asked and answered is IF BEFORE the pumping of this water was done AND the land owner AND Construction company ASKED for a permit WOULD it have been granted???
@CMDRMedievall10 ай бұрын
Definitely, the government is only mad they didnt get a cut
@d-rot10 ай бұрын
Guy steals water and sells what isn't his and y'all blame the govt. You're a bunch of clowns.
@logancarter213410 ай бұрын
@@d-rot wrong, the LAND OWNER also owns the water UNDER his land. It's the INTRUSIVE GOVERNMENT who's regulations that have encroached upon his rights that is the problem. Hence my question ❓
@lcfflc38877 ай бұрын
No it wouldn't, because that water well is designated for irrigation purposes only by the state, so he new it was most likely not to get approved.
@joshfazenbaker56914 ай бұрын
@@d-rotright, because who but the state would know about the construction project and considered the impact on the local environment. Probably even including water and other stuff too. 😆 the state just wants their cut of the money.
@BlitheApathy10 ай бұрын
Farming in a desert just has never sound like a good idea.
@cb2000a7 ай бұрын
Unless you have a good water source.
@InterWebGuy997 ай бұрын
Morons gonna Moron.
@dh53807 ай бұрын
Ignorance is apparent
@russbilzing53487 ай бұрын
@@dh5380 IGNORE ance.
@HobbyOrganist6 ай бұрын
Neither does building cities next to volcanos, rivers, on quake fault zones
@JoanneBabynec10 ай бұрын
He didn’t know he needed a permit? He worked with his brother in the government, besides ignorance of the law is not an excuse for breaking it.
@debbiehall93966 ай бұрын
Hes well aware of all water permits & legal water usage & they called it an oversight?? I call bullshi*!! Hes a liar & a thief!!! Sounds like there's protection in place for Mr cattle barron!Barron!! Look the other way for the haves & screw the have nots!!
@steveschutte49906 ай бұрын
Unless you're a cop.
@captainsouth44604 ай бұрын
@@steveschutte4990or Trump
@glennoropeza354510 ай бұрын
An oversight is an understatement!
@mikedebell224210 ай бұрын
Usually means you overlooked something you shouldn't do that you knew about...
@cconnon19129 ай бұрын
Oversite? Illegal and got caught. Didn’t say how much he received in $$$ for the water. He is not being picked on. He’s actually being given special treatment. He should be charged with a crime.
@lcfflc38877 ай бұрын
Yes what a way to sugarcode crime.
@lcfflc38877 ай бұрын
@@mikedebell2242 is call crime while ignoring the law, that's why he didn't applied for a permit.
@lcfflc38877 ай бұрын
@@cconnon1912 instead they made others paid the consequences by not been able to buy water from him for irrigation for one year.
@jabreck193410 ай бұрын
Kings Ranch 825,000 acres. The penalty for his actions is; He can’t irrigate 35 acres for one year?!?!??
@zz44994411 ай бұрын
I wanna know what happened to the water AFTER the tank tests were completed. Was the water put to good use? Did they truck it back to King Ranch so they could utilize it for irrigation?
@T410ce10 ай бұрын
Exactly!
@soyoucametosee786010 ай бұрын
Or was it contaminated and no longer usable in agriculture and also needed to be treated?
@franksoko852210 ай бұрын
Good question. Where did the water get to
@Laakona11 ай бұрын
But, what happened to the water when the construction company was done with the leak tests???
@truckstopcowboytruckstopco563911 ай бұрын
went back into the ground...
@crazylady..11 ай бұрын
@@truckstopcowboytruckstopco5639and with what toxins, surely not as pure as it was pumped?
@IanHotson11 ай бұрын
What toxins are you talking about? @@crazylady..
@crazylady..11 ай бұрын
@@IanHotson anything that the water touches, building materials aren't healthy and pure. Dust, dirt, parts from the building?
@truckstopcowboytruckstopco563911 ай бұрын
If it comes from the earth, it can go back to the earth. @@crazylady..
@wiggwam17 ай бұрын
Being on a well myself i totally understand this woman's concern. I guarantee you that construction company knew they were violating the law same as this man does.
@joshfazenbaker56914 ай бұрын
Who permitted the construction after a lengthy review process where things like water requirements for the construction and maintenance of whatever the state approved them to build would be heavily considered. Probably.
@juangilbertocruz11 ай бұрын
The whole issue is the state didn't get their cut from the sale. Bottom line.
@57fitter11 ай бұрын
Bam! nailed it!!
@phiksit10 ай бұрын
Yeah, who gives a crap about local residents if their wells go dry. Big biz all the way... right republicans?
@Already10010 ай бұрын
Exactly
@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger10 ай бұрын
I mean Los Lunas just tripled their contract with Niagra bottling company despite huge community outcry. Politicians dgaf about the community they serve - its all money.
@texastornado119510 ай бұрын
Yep my thoughts exactly
@pzm95811 ай бұрын
No irrigation for 35 acres?? Thats it?? Yea, this guy is for sure well connected!!
@greatplainsman366210 ай бұрын
Son of a politician.
@4309mapl10 ай бұрын
You know that only the amount of water taken is equivalent to 6 1 acre-inch rains over 35 acres. New Mexico saved millions of gallons by not letting him irrigate all year. It is a tremendous penalty to King and Karen and a massive boost to the aquifer she is concerned about. Doers always have a target on their back.
@klhilde10 ай бұрын
@@greatplainsman3662 You're missing the point. Thirty-five acres is nothing ... he may even gain benefit for leaving the field fallow for a year. If the water sold was only enough to irrigate 35 acres for one year, they are really winding themselves up to a ridiculous degree over almost nothing.
@alberthinds7810 ай бұрын
How many gallons of water dose it take to irrigate 35 acres for two years??? Could it be equal to the amount he sold? Or maybe even more then that in a hard year. Plus, that is 35 acres of land not producing any income for two years, or hay for his cattle. Witch means out of pocket expense or down sizing hid heard. Maybe learn a little bit about ranching and what it cost to raise one from impregnation to action before bitching about losing the usage of 35 acre’s of farm land for two years is a small price for the offense.
@jc3595710 ай бұрын
Alfalfa grass, what he is growing, uses a TON of water. Look it up.
@curtisking17586 ай бұрын
Rev. 02. The tankers continue to role, there are six. They are filling from the same Volunteer Fire Department hydrant, located in Santa Fe County. The tankers are parked behind a motel in Torrance County. All 6, haul all day long every day except on Saturdays and Sundays. I contacted the Santa Fe county sheriffs' office, they said, they are allowed to pump it out, for use on municipal projects. Not sure what project they're talking about.
@Renee-kk1hf11 ай бұрын
Investigate what is going on in our communities.🇺🇸
@PickledParrotfish11 ай бұрын
If the water was brought back and used to irrigate fields, is the regulation still being violated?
@ramvan228410 ай бұрын
But are they doing that?
@PickledParrotfish10 ай бұрын
Hell no. That would make sense.
@galenhaugh315810 ай бұрын
No.
@peggyisme10 ай бұрын
How would you bring it back?
@Dixon_Yamada110 ай бұрын
@@peggyisme Pump it back into the trucks.
@transmitterguy4789 ай бұрын
Get a 4 mile long hose and when they are done with the water, pump it back to the King ranch and back down the hole.
@geoWhite11 ай бұрын
When he runs out of water he'll be crying that the ranch/farm needs help. Selling water is easier than farming.
@KansasFarmer62011 ай бұрын
What's farming
@Waiting_77710 ай бұрын
No, he just get a deeper well.
@mchrysogelos762310 ай бұрын
@@Waiting_777 🤪🤪🤪🤪clown
@Waiting_77710 ай бұрын
@@mchrysogelos7623 If you say so. That is what our ranch did. We lost our well water in the 70s drought due to another farmer putting in a deeper well. My stepdad put in a deeper well so we could have water. Call it what you want but it’s been done a lot lately.
@susangadwell526610 ай бұрын
He knew exactly what he was doing
@debbiehall93966 ай бұрын
You bet he did!! He's been in his business for decades & knows ALL the laws governing legal permitting & proper water usage!! Hes a bold faced liar!!
@HobbyOrganist6 ай бұрын
He also knows what he got paid far exceeds that little 35 acres of nothing he now cant irrigate for a year
@mrvwbug442311 ай бұрын
This happens around EVERY oil field. The drilling companies buy water from random "water haulers" without questioning about where the water came from, those water haulers will steal water from anywhere they can get it.
@sugaronmychurro10 ай бұрын
No lie there, I've seen fish swimming in a fresh water tank on a rig site . Word got out the vac trucks were pulling it from the pecos River
@HeatherHoney-yn8gx10 ай бұрын
Tho he doesn't have too. He shouldve involved the voice & opinion of his local neighbors about the water deal.
@harryballsacky10 ай бұрын
LOW OVERHEAD
@Chuck1284-10 ай бұрын
He sold 6 million gallons of water and he claims he had no idea he was doing anything wrong?! The guy is only irrigating 35 acres of pasture off that well, he's either lying or he's a congenital idiot. He should be fined and be required to provide third-party water to any residents nearby whose wells dry up. What a jerk.
@cliffontheroad4 ай бұрын
cited for 14 million. He said he "owned" the water, Oh? And how much is used on his 35 acres? Owned vs "rights to" might be samantics.
@babaoreally822011 ай бұрын
Looks like the water is stored,so it’s not a total loss.Once tanks are tested it can be later applied to the irrigation ditches in the area.
@billferner674111 ай бұрын
But, keep in mind, after construction of the tanks the metal surface is still oily. This means the water is for sure contaminated.
@thomasriggle637111 ай бұрын
@@billferner6741 and my truck leaks oil, what's your point? Doesn't oil come from the ground?
@babaoreally822011 ай бұрын
@@billferner6741 Oops!
@billferner674111 ай бұрын
@@thomasriggle6371 you don't get it. A drop of oil makes gallons of water unusable.
@thomasriggle637111 ай бұрын
@billferner6741 you don't get it. Water! It comes from the ground! Oil, it comes from the ground. Is there some kinda secret magic that keeps them separated underground? 🤡
@longwalker346210 ай бұрын
What was done with the water after the testing was done? Was it drained back into the landscape?
@lcfflc38877 ай бұрын
Nahhh lol, they stole it because they paid for it.
@festungkurland980411 ай бұрын
must be hard to save water for all the golf courses
@OutWestRedDirt11 ай бұрын
Ban assault golf courses
@marktheaardvark720811 ай бұрын
@@OutWestRedDirt Hell, just ban golf
@Z3nHolEminD10 ай бұрын
Golf / floG < flog : to beat
@matthewtoland58888 ай бұрын
Accountability! Love it. The whole story is good including how the King responded
@jimthiel47811 ай бұрын
So after the test are done on the tanks.. can't the water be pulled out and used for irrigation?
@courtneymeehan50411 ай бұрын
That is what I was wondering...
@heartofthunder144011 ай бұрын
I’m sure it can through a filter press to keep the contaminants out.
@KansasFarmer62011 ай бұрын
Only if you have flooded irrigation you can't do nothing with regular pivot sprinkler
@paulcrist728510 ай бұрын
Not if it is contaminated,by the construction site
@Renee-kk1hf11 ай бұрын
Water wars begin
@ronaldsmith234310 ай бұрын
We Need the Water Wars Now.
@Glorkstrenkul6 ай бұрын
This is the calmest investigative story that I've ever seen.
@elvergontemeto7145 ай бұрын
Because hes white
@michaelorr43010 ай бұрын
where does the water go after the storage and line tests?
@d.l.shanahan122010 ай бұрын
They need millions of gallons of freshwater for each fracking well!
@jeanf899810 ай бұрын
So tell us the fracking story.
@itsjustjoan10 ай бұрын
Great job, Mr. Hammond.
@19jody7210 ай бұрын
And? Doesn't seem any water theft was going on here. It's in HIS property
@lauralee795610 ай бұрын
What are the construction tanks for, oil, water storage? Are the tanks something that will benefit the community?
@christiangreen147710 ай бұрын
who cares? its none of your business.
@jayzee196810 ай бұрын
lol. I love America. All F’d up.
@EnvyTheRealest11 ай бұрын
Even if Mr King knew he needed a permit or not, his handling of talking to the media with his demeanor is golden. Everyone public figure or company should take note like this in the eyes of controversy and stop being defensive
@popsfereal10 ай бұрын
That sinister smirk on his face sure capped it for me. "Why dang, I didn't know I needed a permit dang." Liar.
@curtisking17585 ай бұрын
Rev. 03. The tankers continue to role, there are now eight tankers hauling water Monday-Friday out of Santa Fe County. They are filling from the Volunteer Fire Department hydrant, and the community water source in Edgewood also located in Santa Fe County. The tankers are parked behind a motel in Moriarty, located in Torrance County. I contacted the Santa Fe county sheriffs' office, they said, the fire department in Edgewood sometimes give permission to take water for use on municipal projects. I've talked with locals about wells drying up around here, residents don't know what project they're talking about. It was related to me by a County Worker that they are selling it, to whom I do not know.
@joshfazenbaker56914 ай бұрын
The state approved the construction. Including the water requirements during construction and operation. That water will be used. Period. The only question now is how much the state will profit since they shut him down to keep it for themselves.
@kurtwomack647311 ай бұрын
Former AZ Congressman Sam Steiger, who had a TV show until his stroke, always quoted "Whiskey if for drinking, water is for fighting." This is classic, the land owner is getting punished, NOT THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY? Mr. King should sue that company.
@sugaronmychurro10 ай бұрын
He got an undisclosed amount of cash on that water venture.
@sugaronmychurro10 ай бұрын
@drivenbullet260 not what the state is claiming. Otherwise, they wouldn't of fined him on irrigation for the year. That's just the beginning.
@texaswildcat200011 ай бұрын
Question now is what happens to all that water once the construction company no longer needs it, when it has to empty those holding tanks... do they just let it drain out onto the ground?
@scooby7061111 ай бұрын
Kings genius plan works out perfectly. He’s not allowed to pump for one year but now will use that sold water to water crops during the one yr ban I’d say.
@davidsellers363911 ай бұрын
Doubt it
@ch-ju4iw11 ай бұрын
well that would make more sense than letting it run out ..... at least it wouldnt be wasted
@Beparepa11 ай бұрын
He's only banned from watering 35 acres of his thousands of acres for a year. Did we not all watch the Same video.
@sugaronmychurro10 ай бұрын
That water is contaminated after its test purposes. The state will put the shaft to him if he tries to use it for irrigation purposes. Definitely ruin the local water table s.
@America-First20244 ай бұрын
What about the company? What was their punishment?
@DJ-bh1ju11 ай бұрын
OMG... and seeing the thumbnail I thought someone was illegally dumping toxic waste.... Hard for me in New York to imagine such severe issues with water. Pollution, yes.....
@harryballsacky10 ай бұрын
LOOK UP ONANDOGA LAKE IN SYRACUSE, ONE OF THE 10 DIRTIEST LAKES IN THE WORLD....
@DJ-bh1ju10 ай бұрын
@@harryballsacky I'm aware of that. I'm over near Conesus/Hemlock. I was poking at them for getting their shorts in a twist over a few truckloads of water, when in some years we have standing water in our lawns all summer.... Seeing the thumbnail with an unlabelled tanker, it gives the initial impression that someone was dumping nasty stuff.....
@janiewilliams484 ай бұрын
@@DJ-bh1juway more than a few tankers of water
@recyclebills11 ай бұрын
What happens to the water after the test is finished? Can it be returned to the aquifer or stored for future use?
@galethompson557610 ай бұрын
Good question. Contaminated
@vpej850810 ай бұрын
The water they use will be most likely be contaminated depending on what type of "construction" they are doing
@chavitacanta00810 ай бұрын
Depends if there are any harmful chemicals now in the water ? If not it could be returned or stored in a lake and used for irragation !
@DANsTrucking_Outdoors10 ай бұрын
Sounds like the biggest issue is that the government didn't get their cut, I mean "permit fee" up front.
@samstewart92496 ай бұрын
Not the issue at all. Permit fees are insignificant! Get a clue!
@DANsTrucking_Outdoors6 ай бұрын
@@samstewart9249 Well please enlighten us on the true issue then.
@KK-eh2gm10 ай бұрын
Thank you for following these actions
@SeaPro36010 ай бұрын
Holy crap. You mean reporters actually investigate?
@stevewilliamson85269 ай бұрын
Well Sauro's doesn't own ALL of them just the big ones.
@cjaneAlaska10 ай бұрын
In other words, the state didn’t get their cut and they’re pissed about it
@i.m.askance79966 ай бұрын
@davidwang4364 Well said. cjaneAlaska is probably one of those cynics who hates everything about governmental regulations,
@HobbyOrganist6 ай бұрын
@davidwang4364 18 million gallons is 2,406,250 cubic feet, if you had a building 100 feet long and 100 feet wide of unlimited height, that amount of water would fill it up 240 feet high- or to put it another way- the height of a 24 story building that size, suddenly when put into a VISUAL form it is a lot more significant than the number looks on paper.
@HobbyOrganist6 ай бұрын
@cjaneAlaska No, in THE words he violated the terms of the permit, negatively affecting everyone else who relies on that water that their WELLS tap into. So what happens to the home owner when their well goes dry and they spent thousands having it drilled deeper only to find there's no water there either? Now they have a house they cant sell all because one yahoo with connections to the governor willfully violated his permit that gave him a fair amount of water usage so there's water for other people, but he decided "screw the neighbors I'm cashing in!"
@samstewart92496 ай бұрын
No, permit fees are cheap! King was capitalizing at the expense of his neighbors. Get real!
@ralphmersdorf10986 ай бұрын
Absolutely no doubt.very fucken pissed.
@humanbeing871911 ай бұрын
Wow what a shocking surprise a politician type ignoring the law
@joey_bonin11 ай бұрын
Permits aside, he knew full well the water wasn't for the use intended.
@sugaronmychurro10 ай бұрын
Exactly, arrangements for disposal of test water will require additional permits.
@joshfazenbaker56914 ай бұрын
Meanwhile the construction was permitted by the state and they will be using the exact same water after the state gets their cut of the money. When they're done with the water it will soak into the ground and make it's way back to the water table. The source of the water won't change.
@joshfazenbaker56914 ай бұрын
@@sugaronmychurroand money 😉
@coleengogerty38527 ай бұрын
Folks that live in the Western US need to wake up. Your water issues are about to get a million times worse. Just in the state of Nevada alone, there have been upwards of 90 permit requests from almost all foreign companies to come and mine for metals and minerals that are needed for EV’s. In allowing these companies to build these mining site, it also allows these companies to go through billions of gallons of water from the Colorado River. They will be granting many permits and you all will suffer immensely. These companies are high risk for depleting water, minerals, and other resources. These companies are known for their pollution of waterways and surrounding ground cover and the mix of these minerals and metals and such are dangerous to the the health of humans and animals
@austincline564811 ай бұрын
Government in central Ohio would have gladly joined the rancher. Develope everything in sight especially if the county gets some money.
@JacobArnett-q7v10 ай бұрын
Are you talking about Intel I'm from Johnstown
@austincline564810 ай бұрын
The Johnstown area. The northern pickaway county rickenbacker area. There are many small towns and rural areas being destroyed by county and government greed in Ohio.
@JacobArnett-q7v10 ай бұрын
How can I give you my email or something like privately so I don't have to put it on here and we can communicate that way I'm just really want to know what you what you got like I've never heard anything about it
@alberthinds7810 ай бұрын
Once the contractor is finished testing the tanks for leaks, why couldn’t they then return the water back into the water supply or back to the rancher for irrigation??? Just testing a clean tank for leaks wouldn’t contaminate the water at all.
@NomoeLockedDoes10 ай бұрын
According to the radical left it’s contaminated if fish can’t swim in it it’s contaminated
@TimNobody-kx9ol10 ай бұрын
He wants to make it right. Take the money he made and put it into the city. He sold everyone's water.
@Dynoworksperformance11 ай бұрын
Imagine living in a world where water is illigal to transport and use.
@gradylucas526510 ай бұрын
don't have to imagine...it happens all around every day
@tanyakilbane763610 ай бұрын
It’s coming for. All of us
@NomoeLockedDoes10 ай бұрын
Communism
@jodeath200011 ай бұрын
Sorry, Utah is the second driest state. New Mexico is nunber 5. However, water is definitely a critical resource in New Mexico.
@dennacommons179610 ай бұрын
I have 36 acres and we can’t seem to find a company to drill a well for us. We haul water from the community well.
@transmitterguy4789 ай бұрын
I live in PA, we have water coming out our asses.
@gradualclearing6110 ай бұрын
No need for a permit when you’re on the inside of government. How much money was made on the water sale? The fine should be double what they made not permitting the sale of such a prestigious commodity.
@brandonscottsanchez10 ай бұрын
So, what’s the $$$ amount on six million gallons of illegally pumped water in New Mexico? It would appear the rancher is being penalized by taking away water usage instead of a monetary fine. Why not both?
@samstewart92496 ай бұрын
His profits should have been divided among all property owners, part of the water he was selling was theirs!
@timlad511 ай бұрын
If the water is used for testing only I'm sure it could be used for its intended purpose after. Have it tested and treated if necessary and return it to the aquifer through percolation or trucked back to the farm.
@ronaldsmith234310 ай бұрын
LOL
@ihuntdeer6010 ай бұрын
Wait so he owns the water and the well but he can’t sell his water from his pump? I don’t see what’s wrong with it. If they own it they can do what they want with it f the water commissioner
@mikeschaefer951611 ай бұрын
Does it really matter if he knew the law or not? I will surmise, however, that he did, and he also knew the profit from the water sale would far outweigh any punishment that could be judiciously handed out as fines.
@thomasriggle637111 ай бұрын
So he did exactly what his government would do but yet your attacking the rancher. 🤔
@sugaronmychurro10 ай бұрын
@thomasriggle6371 not to worry, Maga's will be down shortly to camp and protest like a bunch of hippies at Woodstock
@pipegang649711 ай бұрын
But yet the residents of that town would be pissed off if those tanks leaked because they weren't able to be tested with water
@allenelswick696110 ай бұрын
How many of those residents have large swimming pools wasting that same water resource.
@chris-yx8kz10 ай бұрын
As long as the state gets paid they don’t care
@Jeff9234611 ай бұрын
what did the contractor do with the water once the tests were done?
@kerryscott328711 ай бұрын
They didn’t throw the water away. They borrowed it for testing and likely returned it to the farm land where it was used for irrigation.
@avsystem314211 ай бұрын
Nonsense. The water could not be pumped back into the ground and the farm doesn't have above ground storage for that amount of water. You are making comments based on facts not in evidence.
@johnboylong4011 ай бұрын
Of course they did! Good grief. Potentially contaminated water with metals and chemicals put back on crops for consumption. That makes so much sense. Not how it works
@apersonontheinternet800611 ай бұрын
@@johnboylong40 you haven't the faintest idea of what you are talking about.
@fposmith11 ай бұрын
@@avsystem3142 Oily water from the inside of a tank should not be pumped back into the ground !
@avsystem314211 ай бұрын
@@fposmith What gives you the idea that the tanks were oily? They were new and being tested for leaks prior to filling. You are just making stuff up with no factual basis.
@InvisibleCitizen10 ай бұрын
Oversight my ass! He has lived there his entire life so he completely understands he was breaking the water ordinance! Anyone else in the area that has a well goes dry or cycles should sue him for this!
@WoundedEgo11 ай бұрын
Kudos to the investigative report looking into this and brining it out into the light of day. Journalists are boss.
@lesliegibbons691711 ай бұрын
I call bullshit Every farmer and rancher knows what water rights are and how much they are allowed. The state should pull all his water rights for ever. Let him figure out dryland farming. Check his sprinklers the meters probably dont work.
@KansasFarmer62011 ай бұрын
💯
@joshfazenbaker56914 ай бұрын
Why? Because you know the state is gonna sell them the same water. This is about money to government and nothing more.
@JimAyala-r9g9 ай бұрын
So it's stagnant finite water then. It doesn't replenish itself via an underground river. It's foolish to live there I would guess. Or is it that the municipality didn't get a cut out of what the construction company paid that farmer?
@janiewilliams484 ай бұрын
Everyone has to share the water. It's used by permits. He violated the agreements for the area
@klardfarkus389110 ай бұрын
All the people who think they can just dump that water back in the aquifer to be used by homeowners for their water wouldn’t say that if they lived there. Those construction areas are filthy and all those steel bin sheets are coated with oil. You drink that.
@carlcushmanhybels815910 ай бұрын
Big Q: What happened to the water after the tank-test? Did they bring it back/? Drain it back into the aquifer? For growers and regular folks to use?
@MartinRiveraPerezGonzale-cr3wo10 ай бұрын
As president of the United States of America I have several projects on going around the country. With the King rancher ties needing water in Texas.
@davekimball361011 ай бұрын
Was the question ever asked of what they did with the water after testing the storage tanks? Just pull the drain plug and flood the area for a few days?
@joeblow393910 ай бұрын
I have heard more than once in my life said, Ignorance is no excuse to the law. I noticed there was no mention of how much money he had received for the unlawful transaction. Maybe a good penalty would be to find out how much, then he having to forfeit that amount.
@ronaldsmith234310 ай бұрын
Plus major fines for breaking a common sense law
@paulcrist728510 ай бұрын
It was a violation of a Code it becomes unlawful if there is continuous improper use
@janiewilliams484 ай бұрын
It said in the video
@joeblow39394 ай бұрын
@@janiewilliams48 They said 54 million gallons was transferred. He was penalized 14 million gallons and could not Irrigate his crops for one year. My question is, what are the crops used for? Cattle feed or human consumption? Ether was it sounds like people are the ones paying the price. Thanks for your comment 👍👍
@river446210 ай бұрын
...."he who controls the weather controls the world" (Eisenhower) same goes for water
@BretBerger11 ай бұрын
6 million gallons is 18 acre-feet. That's about the same amount four acres of alfalfa would consumptively use in one year. Not a huge amount of water when compared to what this well likely normally extracts from the water table in a year. If the water was discharged on the ground after tank testing some of it may have found its way back to the water table. I agree the State Engineer needs to follow the law but the magnitude of this infraction is not being communicated when the presenters of this story provide no context to the number thrown out.
@noliver791310 ай бұрын
Yeah, I was also wondering what the yearly allotment for the well was, and what percentages of that allotment this misallocation and the fine were.
@hordboy11 ай бұрын
35 acre irrigation penalty. 😂. Even being generous with what you can profit per acre, that’s a pittance compared to what he sold the water for. $$$$$$$$$
@fposmith11 ай бұрын
He should forfeit the purchase price of the water as well !
@karinchristensen22011 ай бұрын
That's why he was smiling through the whole interview.
@janiewilliams484 ай бұрын
He completed cheated the system. He should go to jail
@MikeDoherty-wq5ie10 ай бұрын
the corruption in that family runs deep .
@dertythegrower6 ай бұрын
Like the Bidens
@dertythegrower6 ай бұрын
Biden, Bush.. same levels
@jeffschroeder480510 ай бұрын
Maybe I missed it but I didn't notice how much Mr. King charged the construction contractor for 14 million gallons of water. His having to forfeit use of an equivalent amount of water for his own use was a just decision - I'm sure there will be fines or penalties besides. I can't really believe that anyone as involved with the permitting process and monitoring of his irrigation wells didn't realize that selling it was very questionable and possibly illegal. The amount of money he collected from the contractor would be telling.
@Bryan-gt2nz11 ай бұрын
If the state engineer has authority over NM surface water, than he should be jailed or at least embarrassed for the negligence of the USFS, BLM, Sanish land grants, and reservations for having the river banks, acequias, lakes, flow paths and sources of the hydrological cycle constricted, diverted, over grown with invasive species, covered in fences, garbage and dead fuel tonnage, or completely fenced off in violation of open streams act and maritime law it's absolutely pathetic how NM treats its most precious recourse, just like it treats it children, expendable.
@ernestjoiner304011 ай бұрын
NM is the result of MANY decades of liberal democrat leadership.. #WalkAway and VOTE TRUMP 2024!
@spooky-4211 ай бұрын
The state water engineer was super weird and tight lipped on camera. Like he was choosing his words very carefully and intentionally not giving more details. My bet is that if the ranch had simply applied for the permit it would have been granted. The water sale might not have been quite as lucrative but it still would have gone through. I suspect that is what the engineer is not saying. 6million gallons sounds like a lot, but by the napkin math at the end it is irrigation water for less than half of that 35 acre penalty, so what, 15 acres of crop worth of water? It matters but this is not that big of a deal on the scale of the whole area.
@thomasriggle637111 ай бұрын
I can appreciate your Common sense approach to reality here but your trying to explain reason to a society that has completely lost its mind.
@57fitter11 ай бұрын
Ol Tight Lip knows there's MANY unturned stones.
@sugaronmychurro10 ай бұрын
He's fixing to speak with the governor and state attorney. Hell that land might end up as federal property if it goes to the state Supreme Court.
@fadingfrost26176 ай бұрын
Now that the tanks are 'tested ', what happens to the stolen property? Why am I suspicious that those tanks were built to hold, oh idk ...WATER?
@YeOldeTowneCryer10 ай бұрын
That water is not far away, it is still there and available if there is a critical shortage.
@janiewilliams484 ай бұрын
And contaminated.
@YeOldeTowneCryer4 ай бұрын
@@janiewilliams48 like your brain
@dennisschoenaurer415211 ай бұрын
Only restrictions on American people and not foreigners