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The Velveteen Ocelot

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10. I was amazed to find out about this.

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 06:40 PM

Mar 2015

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Here it's not only legal, it's encouraged. I have two rain barrels - one captures rain off the house roof, the other off the garage. The rain that goes into the barrels is the same rain that would otherwise fall on my yard, and I merely store that very same water in the barrels and just put it on the yard later, when it isn't raining. I am unable to wrap my brain around the rationale for prohibiting rain barrels. It's the same damn water going to the same damn place! The only thing that changes is when it goes there!

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Colorado "rain barrel bill" hits choppy water in tough House debate [View all] fizzgig Mar 2015 OP

I haven't lived in Colorado for almost nineteen years... NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #1

i've been hearing about it since i was a kid fizzgig Mar 2015 #5

Saw this coming. silverweb Mar 2015 #2

the 600 gallon limit is enough to water your lawn once, maybe twice fizzgig Mar 2015 #4

Absolutely sickening. silverweb Mar 2015 #11

yes, people, colorado really has laws that forbid one to capture rainwater. a fact that niyad Mar 2015 #3

yeah, there is still some insanity here fizzgig Mar 2015 #6

I live in fundieville, so still lots of insanity. niyad Mar 2015 #7

I was amazed to find out about this. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2015 #10

Needs some very serious thought. madamesilverspurs Mar 2015 #8

That changed in 2009 Canoe52 Mar 2015 #13

No kidding, it does all go the same place, it just saves potable water on the way Warpy Mar 2015 #9

Reason for debate - water company profits packman Mar 2015 #12

That's exactly it Warpy Mar 2015 #14