Water is second only to oxygen as a fundamental that we humans must have. Seemingly here in the mountains of Western North Carolina we have a lot of water. At least we used to. As the Southeast continues in the second year of an extreme drought springs have either already run dry or are running dry and our rivers, such as the Tuckaseigee, aren’t doing very well either. The fact that there are diminishing water supplies available for the people’s needs who live here already drives home the indisputable fact: to you who want to move here from somewhere else, sorry we don’t have the resources to support you. You’ll have to build your third, fourth, or fifth homes elsewhere.
Unfortunately, last year the plans for 200 plus developments snuck in under the wire before the Jackson County subdivision and steep slope moratorium came into effect. I have seen some of the vesting documents involved and questions have been raised in my mind over the legality of some. Those questions are rapidly becoming moot (overall) as, legal or not, Jackson County just does not have the water resources to support these developments.
According to Golf Magazine, the “typical golf course uses 300,000 gallons a day.” That’s 300,000 gallons of water a day to keep green an unnatural carpet so that the too-much-money-not-enough-brains folks can hit little white balls around and then drive little carts to the “19th Hole” to celebrate their handicap. That’ll be three Scotches and water and a Bourbon and branch bartender. Yeah right.
What are you going to do when a four-wheel drive truck can drive across the Tuckaseigee just about anywhere along its length in Jackson County? What are you going to do when your one and only water source, your spring or well dries up? What are you going to do when the Tuckaseigee Water and Sewerage Authority begins mandatory water rationing?
Developers. Its time to face the facts. You’ve sunk all your investor’s money into a dry hole. People. Oppose these developments that will steal our water. It’s all about the water.
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