Can You Actually Go to Jail for Collecting Rainwater?

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I bought my first rain barrel on a whim, wedged it under the downspout by the back porch, and felt oddly rebellious about it. Then a neighbor said something offhand about people getting arrested for that sort of thing. I laughed. Later that night I found myself googling it anyway, because the internet loves a story about a guy who went to jail for catching rain. BuyLumber

So, hear me out. Collecting rainwater is not the same thing as illegally damming or diverting regulated water. Simply catching runoff off your roof

I boughtmy first rain barrel on a whim, wedged it under the downspout by the back porch, and felt oddly rebellious about it. Then a neighbor said something offhand about people getting arrested for that sort of thing. I laughed. Later that night I found myself googling it anyway, because the internet loves a story about a guy who went to jail for catching rain.

So, hear me out. Collecting rainwater is not the same thing as illegally damming or diverting regulated water. Simply catching runoff off your roof ShopEco Goods

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