WATER THIEVES LOSE AGAIN! THANK GOD!

 Here's the latest, hot off the press you might say....from the Socorro Defensor-Chieftain.... HOT DOG! 

 The foreigners got shut down again!....more to come.....

Judge denies pumping of water from the San Agustin Basin

Story by Jessica Carranza Pino, Editor | Apr 5, 2024

Judge Roscoe Woods, Seventh Judicial District Court Judge, denied the application from the Augustin Plains Ranch LLC to pump 54,000 acre feet of water a year from the San Agustin Plains basin at the Catron County Court house this morning, April 5, in Reserve, New Mexico.

There was standing room only with over one hundred people present at the hearing in protest as lawyers shared their arguments for almost five hours.

The State Engineer, the Carol Pittman protestants group, the Catron county board of commissioners and the community protestants argued the application was speculative, had no commitments from an end user and lacked an imperative necessity for the water, among other arguments.

In their defense, the Augustin Plains LLC’s lawyer argued there was a demand, a thorough proposal of plans and listed six counties as the targeted end users of the water.

The San Agustin Basin, about fifty miles west of Socorro, supplies water to northwestern Socorro and northeastern Catron County. The first drilling application was submitted by Augustin Plains Ranch, LLC in 2007.

*Editor’s note: a detailed article will be available pending a written order from a judge.

TURN YOUR RADIO ON! COURT THURSDAY AT 1:15

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 The PSA above has been running a lot on
 Socorro FM since last Sunday morning.
Our sponsors for the airtime are:
Western Wholesale
Winston's Auto Service
The Golden Spur Saloon
Water Boy Transport
Man in the Maze Productions

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Dan Rufenacht won the $100 bill for the

BEST WATER THIEF at The Golden Spur Saloon's

Halloween Party.  Dan said he was trying to find

that perfect balance between a used car salesman

and a sleazy scumball member of some

"FAMILY" of foreign operators.

You done GOOD Dan!

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"Price hikes and water quality problems often follow on the heels of privatization. While governments may expect to lower debt and transfer the costs of infrastructure repair and maintenance via privatization, the willingness of private companies to make such investments depends on the profit stream. In fact, debt reduction, increased spending for upgrades and the companies’ guaranteed profit margins will ultimately be borne by citizens through higher bills. Privatization saddles consumers with the dual responsibilities of public debt reduction and corporate profitability, usually guaranteed by governments’ contracts.

Operating as a sanctioned monopoly, a private water company is able to exploit the lack of competition. Citizens have few avenues to voice dissatisfaction with broken promises. In fact, communities’ interests are often trampled and disregarded once public control is surrendered. Without transparency or accountability, water corporations are breeding grounds for bribery, kickbacks and other forms of corruption, many cases of which have been documented in the U.S. and abroad."

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Click on the water below to see the full article:
"The ABC's of Water Privatization"

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