Mysterious Haul: Tanker trucks on the New Mexico prairie trigger investigation
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Published 2024-02-11
All Comments (21)
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I guarantee this is not the only illegal water theft.
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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!!!
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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
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Whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting over. The classic Western Bar discussion about water.
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He knew exactly what he was doing
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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
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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.
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the corruption in that family runs deep .
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Just change your name to Nestle.
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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?
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No water for 35 acres. 35 acres is nothing. He just won't plant 35 acres.
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He knew exactly what he was doing and he didn't think he would get caught.
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The KRQE story is incomplete. What happened to the water after testing???
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He dodged the last question very well without admitting guilt.
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Farming in a desert just has never sound like a good idea.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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This is the calmest investigative story that I've ever seen.
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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?
