Is It Illegal to Collect Rainwater In Your State?
It is if you live in Colorado. Here’s an interesting story coming out of the Groovy Green blog. A year ago in Colorado homeowners could not harvest rainwater from their roofs. This is downright shocking to me.
Apparently the argument is that if homeowners collect and harvest rainwater from their roofs, they then won’t need the services of the city municipal water system. How absurd! Homeonwers would have to collect barrels upon barrels to be free of city water. C’mon. We’re nowhere near that level of productivity.
However the city of Colorado is making some strides as of late, when a new ordinance recently went up which allows some level of rainwater harvesting if you have a well. If you live in the city and rely on Municipal water, it is still illegal to collect it. Wow!!!
What Do You Think?
How do you feel about this, should city governments intercept rainwater and claim ownership of it? Or should homeowners claim it? And do you have such a law where you live? Weigh-in below.
via Groovy Green
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