Instead of rewarding home-owners for making use of a rainwater collection system and even offer a tax deduction for doing so, it is ILLEGAL ?No wonder other countries are beating us in advanced technologies, such as solar and wind turbine energy harvesting. Is there a conflict of interest, hidden agenda or are there any water company lobbyists preventing this?
While other countries encourage this:
http://www.solusrenewableenergy.co.uk/rainwater-harvesting.html
in the good old land of the free and home of the brave it is illegal
what´s next?
Original Story: http://www.riseearth.com/2011/12/collecting-rainwater-now-illegal-in.html
"Because if we can't even freely collect the rain that falls all around us, then what, exactly, can we freely do? The rainwater issue highlights a serious overall problem in America today: diminishing freedom and increased government control."
Many of the freedoms we enjoy here in the U.S. are quickly eroding as the nation transforms from the land of the free into the land of the enslaved, but what I'm about to share with you takes the assault on our freedoms to a whole new level. You may not be aware of this, but many Western states, including Utah, Washington and Colorado, have long outlawed individuals from collecting rainwater on their own properties because, according to officials, that rain belongs to someone else.
As bizarre as it sounds, laws restricting property owners from "diverting" water that falls on their own homes and land have been on the books for quite some time in many Western states. Only recently, as droughts and renewed interest in water conservation methods have become more common, have individuals and business owners started butting heads with law enforcement over the practice of collecting rainwater for personal use.
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