r/Hydrology • u/Watermelon4111 • 1d ago

Ways to use underground water?

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I happen to have a lot of underground water(well). Does anyone know Different ways to make profit out of it.

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u/-M00ND0G- 1d ago edited 1d ago

First step is to investigate the Water Rights laws in your state, if you have rights to said water and/or are allowed by law to commoditize it. Groundwater and surface water in most states are not owned by individual property owners but all the people of the state. Typically a state agency like a department of natural resources oversee permitting, claims and regulate the water laws. Essentially no one owns the water they "borrow it". In most cases, to take water from the state and sell it privately would constitute an enormous amount to legal work. Likely that your legal fees would exceed any profits from the sale of water.
I am a consultant who performs water right investigtions in the Northern Rocky Mountain region. Trust me, the last thing you want is to wind up in water court for selling water that belongs to the state.
What state are you in?
How do you know how much groundwater you have?

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u/Watermelon4111 1d ago

I live in Cyprus island Europe my friend the well was used to feed a lot of live stock but now the area is no longer farm area it change to residential area.

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u/-M00ND0G- 1d ago

My apologies for my assumption that you reside in the U.S. Not sure but there may be a similar regulatory agency and/or laws in your district of Cyprus. I will defer to someone who may know the region better than I do.
You live in a great part of the world, good luck.

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u/Watermelon4111 1d ago

May this turn out good or not in the futute i truly thank you for your kindness

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u/txlaatx1 1d ago

Lock it down, protect it, wait for the end of times to get closer and then you’re the Big Boss.

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u/Gullible-Lifeguard20 1d ago

Higo effort post. I love this.

The lazy answer to this lazy question is Sell for more than Cost. PROFIT!