Seems to me, the angle of the article is the suggested unreasonable response by the local water commission, especially after what appears to be cooperation by the land owners, but the water commission is afraid of the precedent it would set if they were to be flexible. This precedent is apparently more valuable to them than being viewed favorably by the community they serve. That’s a shame, but there’s probably more to the story we’re not privy to.
And if they only recently discovered satellite imagery, these guys are in for a lot of surprises.
