Here is the CNS News story that this one references. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/oregon-man-sentenced-30-days-jail-collecting-rainwater-his-property http://

Here is the CNS News story that this one references. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/oregon-man-sentenced-30-days-jail-collecting-rainwater-his-property http://cnsnews.com/news/article/oregon-man-sentenced-30-days... It has more info... including the guy admitting that he has dams for collecting the water. He even was previously given 3 years probation and ordered to open the water gates. He did... and then shortly after his probation ended, he closed them again. I think there is a lot more to this story than this one sensational head line. I suspect if he had just found a spot on his land away from rivers, creeks, streams, etc and just dug a big pit for rain to collect in he would have been fine. It seems this is not what he did.