Illegal dam demolished in Mason County, another pops up
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2024
- Demolition is happening on an illegal dam in Mason County following a series of reports from KXAN. However, another dam has been discovered in the same county. Read more: www.kxan.com/texas-water/ille...
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No one was criminally charged for illegally building the first damn?? Welcome to Texas.
dam
The long way State
@@kevinrice7635 The long way State I don't know what that means
Right!
they have to track the person that did it to collect evidence
It seems like the landowner's name is known but nobody is willing to state who it actually is.
On previous articles the landowner has been named as Bill Neusch.
tRump rich business supporter who thinks being King is great.
@@squibbard I heard his name was Ima Beaver.
@@ripvanrevs That got a chuckle outta me. ^_^ Thanks for the smile!
Dam Troubles for landOwner!
The property owner absolutely knew this was illegal and not only should have to pay to remove it but should be heavily fined.
I don't blame the property owner. No one is fighting for the water shortage due to an increase in climate temp which is undeniable dry are planet out. Don't look up you fools keep telling your self climate change is a hoax. Fools
Who owns the property a beaver
The video states they did need to pay...
The speed with which they built it, the large amount of heavy equipment used, and the fact that they had to build a road to get the equipment to the dam location, all point to an EXTREMELY wealthy landowner who is, without a doubt, very cozy with local and state politicians.
He did have to pay to remove it 3:45
You can't just dam a river even if it's on your property. That heavily impacts water rights of other land owners downstream
If your land is under a Spanish Land Grant, yes you can. Dam little they can’t do (see what I did there?).
@@TheDrrbc courts have ruled that water grants from Spanish and Mexican land grants are only fully enforceable if you have the original papers (or certified copies) . . .
@@danielweston9188 and I know quite a few that have them.
Natives had water rights too, remember what they did to them
@@lilphilosophy481 Yes, disarmed them and did what they wanted.
Never give up your right to defend yourself.
Dams don’t just “pop up.”
Definitely not a “Journalist”…just a “Reporter”
They do if your a entitled Rich Democrat
Beaverdam’s pop up pretty quickly lol
@@husler1999them thar beavers thems some remarkable critters.
Smelling of fish
And considered a tasty dish😊😊😊
@MrSki-mv2kr wrong! the property owner is Bill Neusch, an avid Trump supporter and long-time registered Republican. His company Gibraltar manufacturers border wall barriers.
Back in the 80's I reported illegal dumping made by truck drivers working for The LCRA, in eastern Travis County. Instead of stopping it, the LCRA gave my name and phone number to the offending dump truck drivers. They called us at night making death threats, if I continued to report them. It amazes me that anyone calls about these sorts of crime. Be careful reporting these people. There's a lot of money involved, and you'd be surprised who really knows about it. If making a report about illegal dumping will get you death threats, imagine what they will do for water.
Sounds like a you problem.
Hopefully people keep making a stand and bringing attention to it. People can’t just keep getting away with doing whatever they want.
I'm so sorry. Awful people.
Death threats! Sure indication that they are Republican gun nuts! That's what they do! Were they arrested for their death threats? NO, that's why they do it rather freely, because they get away with it!!!
@@Look_What_You_Did Do I understand you? You think the guy who reported the illegal dumping is the problem?
What part of "illegal" don't you understand.
The trend is corruption, not just the story. Hold these clowns accountable and spread that news.
This is Texas and he's probably a major republican donor, so nothings gonna happen. Corruption is ok here if you are a member of the right party. Just look at our AG.
Not only should these dams be removed, there needs to be consequences, massive fines or land forfature.
Rich landowners write the laws and the news.
Communist?
@@claytond6898 call it asset forfature for theft of public property,water!
Forfeiture
Sounds like one
How dumb must the land owner be to think it was ok to damn the river? Especially if you could build it another way with permission. I wish I had that much money to waste.
Yet they let beavers do this with no punishment!
Not dumb just very arrogant.
Either money wasn't an issue or it was built with someone else's money.
@@geraldstone8396 lol, now they have to pay even more to remedy the damage. What gains are these people making when you have to spend all that money?
@@ripvanrevsdamn those dam beavers!
Sure sounds like a rich person almost getting away with whatever he wanted to do! No fines, No charges, $$$$$$
Everywhere else they use low water crossings to go from one side to the other with culverts to allow water flow. Not dam the river entirely.
Its not about making the river crossable. The property (livestock or other farm type) owners are trying to monopolize the water (which is getting scarcer due to changes in rainfall patterns -- aka "climate") for their own benefit, downstream folks be damned.
What makes people think this is okay? And why haven't they been charged? Whiskey's fer drinkin', water's fer fightin'.
Water theft or diversion is a serious concern and should be prosecuted accordingly.
Why would they have to build a road to get the dump trucks out there when they obviously had to have a road to get the cement trucks in the steel to build it out there
This is just like many old western movies with bad guy ranchers stealing all the water! Really? lol
All they need to do is find out what concrete company supplied the concrete for these dams and who paid for it. Follow the money.
They said the property owner paid for it. You don't have to "follow the money" when it's already known.
The county tax accessor knows exactly whose property it is.
Builds a damn to cross the river? Did they ever hear of a thing called a bridge? Also, every land owner downstream should sue the damn builder.
And the property owner's name is? And his/her punishment for an illegal dam will be?
Bill Neusch, an ex oil exec, must be where the money came from
WOW! That is NOT a piddly little pile of dirt, that is a MASSIVE structure! That must have cost at least $250,000 in concrete alone! And concrete companies do NOT do jobs that big on credit or handshakes. This "land owner" has money. BIG money.
Ccp and feds, electric rain
I can't believe the US authorities let the water supply be treated like this. No fine? Wow. I'm an Aussie and our water catchments are taken very seriously. Depending on area/state, it's usually untouched pristine wilderness areas, no farm or agricultural runoff allowed, all properly monitored and maintained, no tampering with the source or you'd be fined to oblivion.
lol Australia is the absolute nanny country. You cant even fart without a fine for methane releasing.
Don’t the land owners have to have water rights and appropriations to build a dam? Also don’t the owners have to file environmental impact statements, and build safe spillways?
You don't like ketchup.
@@Look_What_You_Did I actually do. I also like low-head dams. However, dams need to be properly appropriated, engineered, constructed, and maintained. Yeah, nature can always take one out. However, the owner needs to make a dam as safe as possible. There are also issues of water rights. 😁
All surface water belongs to the state of Texas. Some landowners may have water rights for underground water, but not creeks, rivers, or streams.
@@Look_What_You_DidWhy are you commenting so much exactly
Someone spent tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to try and monopolize the water in this river. The vast amount of cement including the heavy structural steel rebar is not cheap by any means.
"pops up", huh? Do dams construct themselves in Texas? I'm three minutes in to this ridiculous report and I still haven't heard a word about who is responsible for erecting the illegal dam. It would seem that whoever it is above the law -- bizarre!
People need to do prison time, and face the kind of fines that will discourage this behavior.
I have to pull permits just to build a large shed and there are county official driving around to check on property owners to see if they in compliance. with something as large as damming a river you'd think the county if not the state would have been all over that.
The thought that this man thought he could juts build a dam and block the river off is astounding!
Put a lien on the equipment. And the property. It all depends on when Texas gets serious. A landowner putting a dam on a river? Dumb.
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FFS. Really this dam was built to connect 2 pieces of prroperrty together?
Why hasn’t Governor Abbott checked this out?
A donor, perhaps?
That palooka probably owns them through a numbered company or straw owner impounding water with no rights just like impounding political and other power with no right.
I hope that was Satire....may be your AG is in on it is my guess...
The far majority of the lakes in Texas are manmade.
Guvna Rabbit is disssspicable
Sycamore Creek Near Segovia TX (Kimble County east of Junction TX ) that flows into Jones Creek that flows into the Llano is dammed all the way from its head waters starting with Sycamore Ranch
It use to be spring fed and had moving water all year long. Not any more
One land owner (up stream from I10) has 5 dams on his stretch (off of Dunk Rd) and has not one permit.
He thinks he is the army corps of engineers. Flowing water must be stopped
he thinks he is a beaver.
He thinks hes Buc-ee🦫 😂
Look up the term, Range War.
Hard to pour that much concrete without anyone knowing where it came from.
Interesting that they had to build a road to take the dam down, how did they build it without the road?
I can't say for sure, but if the State took it down, they are more likely to follow all the rules for construction equipment and sites. A private company hired by a private individual working without a permit to build the dam probably wasn't as concerned with following best practices for accessing and managing the site. I think this is the most likely reason by they had to build a road to remove the dam. When it was built, the construction crew didn't bother to follow the rules they were supposed to. If it was NOT the state paying to remove it, it may simply be that, with the increased attention the site was getting, that the landowner had to follow the rules this time.
@@sadlerbw9 you kind of miss the whole point, building a road is considerably different from improving and upgrading to standards a road already in place.
Regulations ! ? we don't need no stinkin' regulations....Welcome to Texas.
So was the landowner charged with building an illegal dam and billed for the cost of removal?
Landowner is paying for the cost of removal
Guy on the left looks like AI
I saw someone built a dam in the creek, on the old Krause/Turner Ranch. Along the Mormon Mills Road. North of Marble Falls Texas.
Who on earth has the spare time to do something this massive without making sure it was allowed first, it’s crazy.
You would think that one of the truck drivers would have known better unless all were paid off.
I cannot believe the dam owner of the dam land didn't pay a dam fine.
Do you know how much in material costs would be to build 400' of illegal dam out of steel grid and concrete at least 5' thick ?
The owner is an oil executive with strong GOP ties. This should answer most of the obvious questions.
Name and shame time!
damn beavers!
Now that they’ve learned to use concrete and steel we have no chance.
I didn't know dams were illegal.
Wow. talk about next level arrogance.
It had to cost a lot of money to build , who and why ?
We used to prosecute crimes in this country. People have any idea why crime has become so rampant?
People with money do as they damn well please and that will never stop. God Bless Texas.
there trying to make water reservoirs and it is illegal to save extra fresh water !!!
If you stick the landowner with the cost, that will go a long way towards putting a stop to it
You didn't watch the story did you?
@@hughjass1835yes. I know this landowner is paying for this removal. I only said “if” because this isn’t the only dam and if they are in other counties they may not use the same enforcement methods
Crazy that people think they can do this without getting caught though, right? You gotta either have a big brass set, or just be incredibly self cenetered
Had to build a road to access for removal? How did the materials get there in the first place? There is/ was a better way to deal with the situation, while costing Taxpayers less at the same time. What is the Environmental impact of the Full Removal? The Majority of the dam could have remained, while the Full Flow was returned. Ever notice how, when the Gov't gets involved, EVERYTHING is All Or Nothing?
That's a damn shame they tore it down, but at least they're fixing the damn problem.
no fines at all
guess deterrence is not an issue
Wow, that's a dam shame.
This has lead to counties being flooded. About same time of opening dam, Livingston county homes and livestock lost.
One thing about the damn controversy that I don't understand. Okay a dam is built, yes water below the dam is going to slow down or until the area behind the dam fills up. What's the area behind the damn fills up the water flowing over the dam and downstream will be the same as it was before the dam was built.
I find this hard to believe. The shear level of wildlife impact and farms. There were too many warning signs.
Before we bought our farm, someone built a dam on a small spring, creating a small pond. It was stocked with fish. At some point, someone dynamited the dam to catch the fish, and it was never rebuilt.
How does one build a dam that large without someone noticing and contacting Authorities.
No charges? WTF !
Other land owners named and shown.
Landowners in question? Nameless... 💰🤑💸
From what I was gathering on the dams being placed, it was to be able to strip out sand and gravel from the river and creek bed.
There's a huge amount of logistics involved with doing that. That much concrete alone is traceable for reasons that include it had to be purchased from somewhere. Even if it was just the Portland cement, that's still thousands of dollars worth. Rail cars worth that had to come from somewhere. Further if it wasn't purchased but stolen, where from can afford to lose that much yardage of ready mix and not say anything?
Even still,vlab testing will show the particular mineral content to establish what area it came from. Just like how diamonds can be tested to verify they are not so called "blood diamonds". Concrete can be tested for additives, hardeners, actual cement binder aggregate involved.
Basically all that leaves traces to follow to the source and the ultimately responsible party. Be it a land owner or an outside third party that funded it.
You can see that there are two dams the property owner has built on the river. If you go look at the satellite images you can tell he's built to dams and the satellite images are old.
How does a dam just pop up?
Bust out the hiking boots and get part two!
The dam looks about 3 ft tall. This recent rain would have filled the area to overflow, and at that point, the water will again become the river.
When the water quits running again (which it will because of hot Texas summers) the water will quit flowing into the dammed area and the river.
The landowners downstream discovered the dam when there was no water for their livestock.
Have you gone dam to dam asking beavers if they seen anyone building illegal dams?
so Bill Neusch was the first guy they talked about, the second dam is Gregory Garland's doing. - both ex oil execs
Ain’t no way a beaver done that in that short of time.
It's Texas. Who's surprised?
So the dam authorities made a dam plan to unblock the dam river and next thing you know further up the dam river they need another dam plan to get rid of another dam blockage resulting in the dam reporter doing this dam story.
how is it a 5 hour walk, when a dam requires a lot of materials, which requires HEAVY trucks????
Damn!
Come on, the neighborhood just wanted a lake instead of a creek!
Apparently the dam things are everywhere.
We're all curious, Eric. Thanks for the interesting report!
DAMN! DAMN! DAMN! - Florida Evans
if one land owner changes their land and the water now goes a different direction and on to another persons land the water company feels that they can now use that water that was granted back in the 50"s to this other person down the line. ssooo money talks and that is all the state cares!!!!!
The water belongs to the state, and the state is all the people. People and 🙄 the land 🙄 producing food should take precedence for water use. 😮
Not how any of it works.
Mountain West States don't even own the majority of their own land.
The feds (army Corp of engineers among others) own all the water. And you'll have hell if you make improvements like making beaver dam analogues to improve water infiltration to replenish groundwater.
Is this a real news agency? It looks and sounds like two college students made a communications project.
And only got a C
Sounds like the punishment is worth the effort. So increase the fines and charge them for the removal of the whole thing
How does a damn just 'pop up'?
And how is the builder of two illegal dams being held accountable?? They're not? Of course not...
Giant Beavers, "Why wasn't the required paperwork filed dammit!?
It’s about time they removed it and remove any more when they start
Keep the dams
Damn it man!
And this is the last dam story of the day, or until another dam story gets our dam attention. Dam it.
This guy never heard of a bridge?
Why does this look and sound like it was created in someones basement 🤔
Dams don't just "pop up" like a pup tent. All that material has to get moved and placed. They have planes, helicopters, trucks, atvs, drones and probably satellite imagery.
Those darn beavers
That ruined my weekend I just bought some dam bait and was going to catch some dam fish.
lol come on, the same amount of water flowing would have been flowing without the dam once the pool filled up.
It's easy to build a damn, hard to build a strong one. It needs to be anchored in the bed rock, not loose dirt. One made of dirt will fail.
These damned dams🤦🏻♂️
The water wars are starting.
This is insane and dangerous.
It's crazy to me that you can build a 400-foot reinforced concrete dam without being noticed. But listening to the schlub reporter is painful.