[PragmaticPulp]

> Its so strange to think of rainwater collection as illegal. That is utterly dystopian.

The laws around water rights are surprisingly complex and have a long history.

In practice, no one is going to care or pursue a homeowner for collecting rainwater on their property for personal use. It’s one of those situations where the laws were written with other scenarios in mind (protecting water rights holders) but there hasn’t been a clarification or carve out for personal use exemptions because it’s not really an issue that comes up frequently or maybe at all.

[dreamcompiler]

Until about 15 years ago Colorado was extremely serious about fining people caught collecting rainwater. Like somebody with a bucket of petunias watered from their rain gutter. It was ridiculous.