Steve Lane Exposes The Hypocrisy Of Travis County Water Rationing Bureaucracy ＂The Freedom Report＂ [4XdbamglQFo]

00:16 This is Steve Lane reporting for the Freedom Report and we are approximately one mile west of Bee Caves, about one mile west of 620 just off Highway 71. We're going to start bringing you an exclusive investigative report

01:10 about the amount of water that's being wasted in this area. Now my producer and I, Mike Hanson we just clocked off this very simple crude but effective sprinkler system that is lining both sides of Highway 71 We clocked off over 2 miles of sprinkler system and four miles that is watered via a tank truck, which we're going to get some footage for you later. But you'll notice this ties right into the water system here off fire hydrants used to put out fires and things of that nature I believe this is being put on by Travis County and were gonna find it out for ya

01:50 It's definitely not the city of Austin. It could be BKs, but I doubt it. This is utility construction that happened for the county. This watering has been going on for weeks now and even though it isn't being turned on at this second we stopped here where there wasn't some sprinklers going so we could get footage to show you what kind of water thats being wasted These sprinklers basically run at all hours of the day and night. I've come through here after doing a show late, 11-12 o'clock at night and they're watering and i've been out here during the day we'll get you some that footage in a little bit to where they are watering in the middle of the day it's just always watering and you can see what I'm talking about I mean I'm standing here in mud this huge puddle granted we take one area and picked it out many areas but if you walk through here its muddy because of the amount of water there for doing day in day out

02:39 Petty, smiley-faced bureaucrats will tell you that you have to ration your water and limit your water usage. Right now it's voluntary but we might make it mandatory and restrict the amount of water that you use but these same smiley face bureaucrats will turn around and they will water all hours of the day and night break all their own rules and recommendations just the hypocrisy that's involved here. And when you look at what they're trying to water basically, we live in Texas it is muddy up here but you'll find this is predominantly rocks They are watering rocks and trying to get grass to grow where grass will not and all for what? I mean the sight of the road This is something I don't understand We're going try ask questions about this and find out for you why it is

03:35 the county finds it necessary to water rocks at all hours of the day and night. This is an electronic timer that's tied into the watering system here and if you'll look at the top, this liquid crystal display. You'll notice the duration that they water just like I said every single day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday you'll notice all the arrows are marked currently right now That's right! They want YOU to water every other day. You... The petty little citizen, the little slave the little nobody, you can only water every other day. And right now of course that's voluntary but we might have to make it mandatory if you don't all comply but the smiley face bureaucrat they get to water their rocks everyday You can't water your yard or your garden that you use to feed your children or yourself because of all the chemicals that are sprayed on your supermarket vegetables But they can water rocks every single day and this is just another example of the hypocrisy of bureaucracy

04:41 You'll also notice on this same unit, I just showed you this unit here. This timer unit it says here don't operate this valve the reason why it is set its set at 50 gallons per minute and I do not know if you can read that or make that out because of the bright sunlight here It says if it moves...if you move it could damage the water meter so right now the flow rate on this is fifty gallons a minute according to Russell

05:30 I can't read that last name, but it's signed and dated August 4th 1998. This valve here this ball valve was set at 50 gallons a minute this is a meter showing how many gallons have flowed through here and assuming yes...and we'll show you some other fire hydrants We're going to do some other filming This is just one fire hydrant of many But out of this one fire hydrant alone assuming this hasn't rolled over since August fourth They have pumped in 58,040 gallons. Actually that's tenths... 5804 gallons I'm sorry i was reading the tenths meter. 5804 gallon has been pumped through here since August 4th at a rate of 50 gallons per minute. I don't know what that works out to but that's a lot of water folks! That's a lotta water

06:24 We'll inspect some of these other fire hydrants as well and maybe get a total of the amount gallons of water that have been, in my mind wasted watering rocks at the side of the road while you're being asked to restrict your water usage. Alright, Steve Lane again with the Freedom Report. We're about one mile west of Ranch Road 620 just off Highway 71 and here you can see the facts folks literally dozens and dozens of sprinkler heads just as far as the eye can see heading both directions The camera will probably swing around here in a minute show you the other direction And make a mental note of what it is here

09:41 that the county is watering. If you look here closely, it's rocks folks! It's not even dirt it is a rock we're wasting thousands and thousands of gallons of water watering rocks they water every day the timers are set for four hours We're going to show you some footage of the meter here in a moment where they're pumping just out of two fire hydrants alone and I'm going to do some calculations then add up the rest They're pumping since August 4th 150,000 gallons out of two fire hydrants alone. These are pumping at a rate of 50 gallons per minute

10:29 And each of them does that for over four hours and their time to water every single day. So your smiley face bureaucrat, who wants control of your water and property will tell you that we're running out of water and you need a water every other day and if you don't volunteer to do it were going make you do it but they'll turn around and they'll waste at least so far I haven't checked the other hydrants yet but at least 150 thousand gallons since August 4th today is August 12 Here's the kind of waste we're talking about. While you have to sit at home and have your water doled out to you by some smiley face bureaucrat, that same bureaucrat gets to turn around and just dump probably a couple hundred gallons right here I used to refuel airplanes when we had to learn how to recognize fuel spills That's probably about 100 maybe 120 gallons there because you have to figure a lot of it is soaked into the ground

11:27 And it's just being wasted, absolutely wasted. If you'll look here closely lest you doubt what I said about the flow rates if Mike can get a good close up of this every time this clicks by there ya go that's 10 gallons if you'l notice here 72,410 gallons since August 4th and here gets ready to go yet another ten gallon right there And the flow rate is set right here on this card and signed by Russell, looks like Russell Allen. On August 4th 1998 says leave the valve alone it's set at 50 gallons a minute and you'll also notice here the electronic timer is set to water every single day Monday through Sunday every single day water everywhere but not a drop to drink

12:30 unless you're a socialist bureaucrat and then you can waste all the water that you want to. Now, you may be sitting here wondering and watching and saying Steve what's the big deal? So they are wasting a little water This isn't about water What this is about is command and control These petty bureaucrats will use something like water To pass restrictions on you to get more control of your life to get more control over your property and water is ultimately your property. You buy it, you pay for it. It's your property once it gets to your house. They want to restrict that and they want have more control over you And they use an artificial environmental cause because they know the environmentalists are active politically will go out of vote and they use those environmentalist so-called environmentalist to pass their socialist agendas The simple fact is I'm a real environmentalist! I don't wanna see water wasted

13:24 in rocky soil at the side of the road that serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever. I want to see water watering people's lawns and gardens and flowers in their house, that actually does something it increases the value your home what value is this anyone? other than a socialist who wants to get more control of your property, more control of your water and more control over your life. That's what wasting water is all about! Last year you saw it was all over the newspapers that LCRA bought 100-year water supply this year they talk about there is no water I got news for you folks 7 tenths of the Earth surface is water we're not running out of water We've got glaciers There are all kinds of ways we can get fresh water

14:05 I heard a friend of mine say today we pump oil from Texas all the way up to the northeast. We could easily pump fresh water out of the Great Lakes all the way down here. There is no shortage of water, they're using that idea to plan in your head to get socialism and their socialist agendas passed and keep water rates high, to keep these bureaucrats paid a lot of money so they can have their soft cushy jobs and maintain control over your life I'll tell you what, if you've got the time let's check every single fire hydrant and we'll get the gallons off each one and add them all up. We have here one of the water trucks that is used. We explained to you earlier there are roughly 2 1⁄2 almost 3 miles of sprinkler systems set-up along Highway 71 right around Ranch Road 620 both east and west

15:24 There's another at least 4 miles on Highway 71 that is watered by this very tank truck right here along with another. I used to refuel airplanes if i remember from my refueling days, this is about a 600 gallon truck right here and they'll get out there with the hose and fill up all the hydrants and spray alongside of the road This is Bee Caves Road behind me you can't see it its dark now 2244 And we haven't clocked how many miles are through here, but I guesstimated yesterday ticking it off. It's around four or five miles worth of watering that they're doing with this tank truck So we're looking at roughly eight to ten miles of watering with a tank truck and two-and-a-half to three miles of watering with the sprinkler system Now Mike and I just got done going checking every fire hydrant over there one of the hydrants peaked

16:15 and they've pumped 211,580 gallons out of one of the hydrants alone. There's a total of 1-2-3-4... 5 hydrants over there each averaging right around 78 thousand gallons in the past 8 days roughly 10 thousand gallons per day for each hydrant for a grand total of 438,500 gallons of water. Now I'm going to get in touch with the Water Company or LCRA and find out how much the average family of four...how much water they take in during the year. I think you're gonna be shocked about the amount of water that is being wasted