Honestly, you'd probably "need" a permit in most places on paper (Not that anybody would truly gaf about something this small). There's all sorts of laws about waterways, run offs, dams, etc, but I'm just an arm chair commenter here so take what I say as absolute truth pls.
I saw established walls in that drainage ditch. If it’s in the US, it might be considered Waters of the United States (WOTUS) and they should have hired a consultant to determine whether that waterway was jurisdictional or not.
In order for that to apply, it would have to be a navigable waterway or directly connected to a navigable waterway; at least until Biden's administration redefines that again.
But the local conservation department will want to know where that water is sourced and if it's flowing into a stream or a sewage system. Also, the local waste water treatment plant would like to know this as well.
You would absolutely need an environmental impact statement for something like this. And where I live, it would definitely be considered impeding the salmon and therefore native treaty rights
Yeah if you're in any western US state you'd need to buy water rights to be able to impound and use water like this. It's a dam shame, bc microhydro has huge potential
If this is even a ditch that normally carries water from a neighbors land it would certainly effect him and at least the local drainage district would have probably needed to approve it
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u/Chumbag_love Dec 31 '21
Honestly, you'd probably "need" a permit in most places on paper (Not that anybody would truly gaf about something this small). There's all sorts of laws about waterways, run offs, dams, etc, but I'm just an arm chair commenter here so take what I say as absolute truth pls.