It has more info... including the guy admitting that he has dams for collecting the water. He even was previously given 3 years probation and ordered to open the water gates. He did... and then shortly after his probation ended, he closed them again. I think there is a lot more to this story than this one sensational head line.
I suspect if he had just found a spot on his land away from rivers, creeks, streams, etc and just dug a big pit for rain to collect in he would have been fine. It seems this is not what he did.
It has more info... including the guy admitting that he has dams for collecting the water. He even was previously given 3 years probation and ordered to open the water gates. He did... and then shortly after his probation ended, he closed them again. I think there is a lot more to this story than this one sensational head line.
I suspect if he had just found a spot on his land away from rivers, creeks, streams, etc and just dug a big pit for rain to collect in he would have been fine. It seems this is not what he did.