Subject: Re: The biggest cult
I don't know in Indiana, but in the "west", water rights are a BIG deal. Generally, you cannot do whatever you want to a waterway that happens to flow across your land because it can affect others' properties near (or transited) by the waterway. If you tried to dam a waterway, you could expect a lot of lawsuits (and you'd probably have to tear the dam down unless you could reach accommodation with the others affected by that waterway).