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I think this decision about domestic pumpage is a fair and equitable decision.

Canada's Interest in the Recent Decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Matter of the Chicago Drainage Canal 1930

China is like a Giant Casino operator, always pumping chips into the game, into the game, into the game, and when things start getting a little too hot and heavy, they slightly decrease their rate of pumpage.

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This decision of the United States Supreme Court, holding that Chicago may take water for domestic pumpage seems to me to be quite a life-saver to the State of New York.

Canada's Interest in the Recent Decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Matter of the Chicago Drainage Canal 1930

The Master adopted that theory -- that Chicago must stop using the lake water for anything but domestic pumpage; that so long as its domestic pumpage was reasonable, and did not amount to enough to lower the lake levels, they might dispose of that as they saw fit.

Canada's Interest in the Recent Decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Matter of the Chicago Drainage Canal 1930

I objected to Chicago's being permitted to divert 1,500 cubic feet per second for navigation; the other complainant States objected to that, and they objected to Chicago being allowed to divert its domestic pumpage.

Canada's Interest in the Recent Decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Matter of the Chicago Drainage Canal 1930

The case was argued, and with great expedition, in barely a little more than a month, the report was made, in which the Court said that the domestic pumpage might be taken by Chicago, although if the use became unreasonable, or if large amounts of water were diverted for industrial purposes, we might come back to the Court to restrain that.

Canada's Interest in the Recent Decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Matter of the Chicago Drainage Canal 1930

You do not know whether that water is going to get back into the Mississippi watershed or the Great Lakes watershed, so you may use a reasonable amount of water that you need for domestic pumpage, and dispose of it as you see fit.

Canada's Interest in the Recent Decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Matter of the Chicago Drainage Canal 1930

On the other hand, where drainage problems arise, they usually outweigh all other considerations, for whatever the horizon entered by tunnel, the distance from that level to the surface means a saving of water-pumpage against so much head.

Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919

Strong Revenue Enforcement Capabilities: The oversight of groundwater pumping by the FBSD ensures timely recovery by the authority of pumpage fees, currently the authority's primary source of revenues.

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In addition, the authority may remove customers from the authority's groundwater reduction plan GRP for failure to pay pumpage fees and surface water fees, which would require those entities to develop water supplies on their own to meet FBSD groundwater reduction requirements.

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