With state regulators still deliberating whether to grant a more detailed review of a Christian youth camp’s request for a wastewater permit in the Tarpley area, critics of the permit are turning their attention to the camp’s proposed water use permit that they contend is wasteful and contrary to state rules.
The water use permit application for the youth camp being constructed by a corporation known as RR 417 LLC and its owner Sam Torn would allow groundwater from wells to be used to keep two lakes at the camp full at all times by claiming an agricultural use for the ...