Taxes, Permits, and Red Tape are hallmarks of government control over citizens that many people take for granted, but at least we’re free to breathe the air and feel the rain on our faces. Or so you might think. In Utah and other states like Washington and Colorado, you’d be wrong.
In those states, it’s illegal to divert rainwater without a permit and local governments are enforcing the law. This is not based on dusty old statutes ignored, but not yet repealed. The news video below tells the story of a Toyota dealer who installed a system to catch rain from the roof of his business with plans to use it to wash cars. Astonishingly, he discovered he was breaking the law!
It’s all about control, really.
As long as people remain unaware and uninformed about important issues, the government will continue to chip away at the freedoms we enjoy. The only reason these water restrictions are finally starting to change for the better is because people started to notice and they worked to do something to reverse the law.
Even though these laws restricting water collection have been on the books for more than 100 years in some cases, they’re slowly being reversed thanks to efforts by citizens who have decided that enough is enough.
Until then, Stay Thirsty, America.
Source: Healthy Debates
Photo: TaranRampersad on Flickr
They are completely MAD! We the People need to build a huge fence around DC and call it our National Insane asylum
What happens when you get caught out in the rain and your bots fill with rain water will you get fined for that?
THE MOST STUPIDEST $#%&!@* YET
Fk them
What a flipping joke!!!
WOW !!!
if it falls on my house its mine…if not then they can fix my roof if it leaks.
I collect what little rainwater falls on my property in Nevada. I invite the authorities to arrest me.
is the next level to be urine so the government can recycle it into drinking water
thats just crazy