Comments on: Maryland braces for “rain tax”

By: lla

lla — Sat, 04 May 2013 14:13:07 +0000

do they consider decks impervious yet?

By: Charles f benson

Charles f benson — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:12:49 +0000

Travelling across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, on the east side there is a man made wetland created by the north and south bridge span. Each year the wetland fulfills its identity by bursting forth with SAV’s and transitional zone plants. All the water in the wetland excepting for on small pipe which goes directly into the Bay, comes from run-off from the road surfaces of both road surfaces. The wetland is verdant and explosively lovely during the year and especially when the waterfoul arrive in the fall. Runoff from impervious surfaces such as parking lots, roofs and roadways is supposed to be one of the largest contributors to Bay pollution. If that is the case, why is the above described wetland so verdant while the Bay, just on the other side of the roadway has no SAV at all?
Secondly, why allow municipalities to use water from our aquifers, pollute it with nitrogen, phosphorous and chemical waste and then discharge it as treated effluent into the Bay?
Forget the rain tax, plant more deep rooted grasses next to impervious surfaces, build constructed wetlands for effluent discharge which will allow the water to slowly permeate into ground water in order to recharge the shallow aquifers.
Stop the madness!
CFB

By: kellaher1984

kellaher1984 — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:40:01 +0000

the tax needs not to be instituted in July 2013 because of all the taxes including health care, gas tax etc that will hit MD residents in 2013,
especially when the economy is struggling to take off.

By: kellaher1984

kellaher1984 — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:26:10 +0000

And O’Malley & his band of “Merry” men continue the abuse of Maryland residents

By: theprez98

theprez98 — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:48:11 +0000

Richard,

It’s remarkable in that we’re *already* taxed here in Anne Arundel County for stormwater runoff.

By: Richard A Harrison

Richard A Harrison — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:11:07 +0000

This is utterly unremarkable in terms of stormwater runoff regulation. Sorry folks, nothing to see here.

By: DEM

DEM — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:48:31 +0000

All your rainwater are belong to us.

By: ras

ras — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:15:39 +0000

If the rainwater is govt property, taken illegally, then presumably foods grown with rainfall agriculture are illegal too.

By: wfjag

wfjag — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:57:36 +0000

Meanwhile, on the other coast:

Oregon criminalizes permaculture; claims state ownership over all rainwater – ponds and swales restricted – jail time for violators (July 29, 2012)
http://www.naturalnews.com/036615_Oregon_rainwater_permaculture.html

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:42:10 +0000

What about sloped surfaces? That doesn’t seem “fair” that all the water that should have been absorbed by your hill was not, but instead, ran into my backyard and flooded my basement. There needs to be a hill tax.