Lake Water Usage Question

[thinkxingu]

I'm not even sure what to title this thread, but here's my question: is it legal for a landscape company to take water from the lake—using a dump truck sized vehicle—to use for its business?

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[LIforrelaxin]

That is a good question.... especially with it being for business purposes. I personally could see this going either way..... But here is food for thought.....

If a person owns water front and pulls water from the lake, and needs water for their business would anyone be the wiser?

[VitaBene]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

I'm not even sure what to title this thread, but here's my question: is it legal for a landscape company to take water from the lake—using a dump truck sized vehicle—to use for its business?

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I know Moultonborough has a culvert down at highway garage drive for them to use. It may be running dry. I cant see it being different than a lakefront house pulling water as long as it stays in NH

[fatlazyless]

Vactor trucks and other big trucks have been parallel parking along side the Meredith town docks, close to the docked Meredith Police boat and NH Fish and Game boat, at the Mount Washington dock in Meredith for years and years and years to fill their water tank with lake water. There's a shallow sandy bottom lake area between Rt 3 and the wood town dock with water depths of one to two feet where various trucks stop and load it up with lake water via their hose and gasoline pump.

Has probably been happening for one hundred years and longer? Lake Winnipesaukee holds 75-billion gallons of lake water, all sloshing around out there, so why not!

The price is right ....... free water ..... and free easy parallel parking for one big truck where the sign says "No Parking" so there's usually no hassle with parked cars blocking the lake water, pump out access. Cars that park there can probably get a $75-ticket.

[Lake Fan]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Vactor trucks and other big trucks have been parallel parking along side the Meredith town docks, close to the docked Meredith Police boat and NH Fish and Game boat, at the Mount Washington dock in Meredith for years and years and years to fill their water tank with lake water. There's a shallow sandy bottom lake area between Rt 3 and the wood town dock with water depths of one to two feet where various trucks stop and load it up with lake water via their hose and gasoline pump.

Has probably been happening for one hundred years and longer? Lake Winnipesaukee holds 75-billion gallons of lake water, all sloshing around out there, so why not!

The price is right ....... free water ..... and free easy parallel parking for one big truck where the sign says "No Parking" so there's usually no hassle with parked cars blocking the lake water, pump out access. Cars that park there can probably get a $75-ticket.

No wonder the lake is so low this year!

[codeman671]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

I'm not even sure what to title this thread, but here's my question: is it legal for a landscape company to take water from the lake—using a dump truck sized vehicle—to use for its business?

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I saw the picture in question on Facebook. I have my issues with them as well.

[fatlazyless]

How about local fire dept trucks that have water tanks? Where does the fire dept get its water tank filled up?

Time wise, it's much much much faster to fill a truck tank from a lake than with a garden hose attached to a building water system.

The largest water tanker trailer holds about 9500-gal so truck tank water is totally miniscule compared to 75-billion gallon Lake Winnipesaukee.

[John Mercier]

https://www.des.nh.gov/water/groundw...and-withdrawal

[fatlazyless]

Is very common for Winnipesaukee waterfront homes to draw water from the lake to water their green grass lawn as opposed to watering the lawn from the drilled artesian well that provides domestic house water. Lawn water comes from the lake. House water comes from the drilled deep well.

This lake water lawn irrigation protects from over using the artisan aquifer water, deep underground, and uses the abundant lake water to create a nice lush green lawn similar to a farmer drawing water from a lake or river to water their corn crop ....... yee-haw! ...... Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine have a whole heck of a lot of ground water and this current dry spell will get lots of September-October-November rain fall. That's the way it always happens. I guarantee it!

[FlyingScot]

All these points about houses and towns may be true/fair. But none address Think's question of legality. Waterfront owners have certain riparian rights, such as the aforementioned irrigation systems, and the rights to store your boat and put in a dock and swim raft, that are not available to others. I'm not addressing fairness here, just the law