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July 27, 2009
Central Florida Wants Water From Privately Held Lake
St. Johns River Water Management District officials has asked for a judge to rule on its right to get water from the Taylor Creek Reservoir, within the area known as Deseret Ranches,(pictured),which is wholly owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon Church.
"Common sense would tell you that, as an agricultural operation with nearly 300,000 acres, Deseret Ranches would never gratuitously give up those valuable water rights," ranch manager Erik Jacobsen said. "Deseret Ranches disagrees with the claim made by the district and will vigorously defend its long-established legal rights in court."
"There's a bona fide dispute," water-district lawyer Stan Niego said in describing details of the lawsuit to district board members this month. "We're not going to agree, and we need the court to make a decision."
The reservoir is located in the remote corners of Orange and Osceola counties so that any water from there would have to be piped a long distance to serve the cities that need it, as reported by The Orlando Sentinel, and published by the Water Environment Federation.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at July 27, 2009 03:50 PM
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