Precipitation, every last drop or flake, was assigned ownership from the moment it fell in many Western states, making scofflaws of people who scooped rainfall from their own gutters. In some instances, the rights to that water were assigned a century or more ago.
Now two new laws in Colorado will allow many people to collect rainwater legally. The laws are the latest crack in the rainwater edifice, as other states, driven by population growth, drought, or declining groundwater in their aquifers, have already opened the skies or begun actively encouraging people to collect.
“I was so willing to go to jail for catching water on my roof and watering my garden,” said Tom Bartels, a video producer here in southwestern Colorado, who has been illegally watering his vegetables and fruit trees from tanks attached to his gutters. “But now I’m not a criminal.”
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- WakeUpPeople
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@WillSarni on twitter says "Shift in water rights in Colorado. Legal to capture rainwater. Significant - removes an issue w/green roof projects."
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- twitterbot
- 4 months ago
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Water and electricity share many properties. For instance, they both flow. It's good the West is no longer filled with water-stealing thieves and cons. But one law you will never see repealed is that a person cannot set up an induction system beside a power line and generate electric current by magnetic induction.
We yet have a long way to go baby. People could be starving for energy in the streets to have power for their heart pacemakers and they wouldn't change that law. It is untouchable and immutable by order of the power company lobbyists.
So let it be written <> so let it be done.
You guys keep crossing your fingers & I'll put my hope elsewhere
=> http://www.watchtower.org/e/20060715/article_02.htm-
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- Gravity_Man
- 4 months ago
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Awesome? No really, that's good, but I didn't know it was illegal to begin with. Now I know. Thanks for the info!
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Illegal eh? Well... I live in the Burbs, so no wonder i didn't here about this. This actually makes me laugh. It kind of reminded me of getting arrested for standing in the rain with your mouth open...
Well anyway, thanks for this info!-
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- antifence_sitter
- 4 months ago
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Well done Colorado !
