I have recently moved to Deltona. I would rather stay in the DeLand area, but in Deltona you can get more of a house for less money. So, I relocated, and because of this incident I will tell you about shortly – I may be relocating once more.
Today, my girlfriend and her mother came by the new house to finish moving in some items only to see our new neighbor running away from our property. Inquisitively they inspected the side yard where she (our new neighbor) ran from and found the water hose pulled out and the water on at full force. The trail of water from our place to her yard across the street effectively caught her red “wet handed”. To top it all off the lady had the audacity to emerge from her home to continue watering her front yard…this time with her hose.
I wouldn’t have minded so much except for the fact she was trespassing, and STOLE. She obviously had water, and was not in dire need of it to survive. If I catch her again I will call the cops, press charges, and sue her for charges on my water bill.
Everyone is familiar with the water situation in Volusia County. I have read many stories done by The Beacon concerning this topic. This just put a personal spin on the whole situation. Has it gotten so bad that people are willing to steal water from their neighbors? People will steal anything!
On the upside for anyone willing to risk siphoning off H2o from my property…They have plenty of water in jail. I have no problem sending you there.
I recommend that everyone keep an eye on their water usage as well – this could be happening to you and you have no idea. I’m curious as to whether or not this is a new trend that has evolved from an exhausted economy, and rising water bills … Or if I’m just naive to the seedy underground world of water abduction.
Well, one reason you get more house for less money is that you can use the difference to subsidize your neighbor’s lawn.
I’d give Deltona high marks generally for entertainment value. Have you seen the latest with their City Commission and atty? It looks as though they are going to see if they can convince him to accept more money to go away than his contract calls for. (They sacked the previous one for telling the truth in court.)