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is it legal to get rain barrels and other types of rain collection systems?
by OrgNet 8y ago
is it legal to get rain barrels and other types of rain collection systems?
- cjensen 8y agoYes. They are not as useful as you might hope since California's dry season lasts six months, so they will go empty when you need them the most.
- OrgNet 8y agoI guess it depends on how much water you collect....
- bdamm 8y agoOf course it is generally legal to collect rain from your roof, assuming local HOA rules allow it. But you won’t likely get much quality water from that. Better would be greywater collection and recycling.
- exhilaration 8y agoHe's asking because in some states it's illegal to collect rain water, it belongs to someone else. Colorado, for example, only recently legalized rain barrels - but limits it to only 2: https://source.colostate.edu/extension-offers-fact-sheet-on-how-to-harvest-rainwater-under-new-colorado-rules/ https://source.colostate.edu/extension-offers-fact-sheet-on-...
- daveslash 8y agoin some states rain water belongs to someone else -- the most surprising thing I've learned this whole month...
- bdamm 8y agoI was reluctant to state it completely because California's constitution itself limits water rights. It would be unconstitutional to cover your entire property with a giant roof and capture all the water, thereby eliminating the creek downstream of your property and denying the downstream users of their riparian rights. However this is not the use I believe the OP was looking at.
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- lscotte 8y agoI believe it's illegal in the Bay Area, I seem to recall someone getting in trouble for doing so.