In Colorado, Democrats and Republicans are arguing over whether people have the right to rain barrels in their homes.
When it rains, people collect water in barrels for their own use, cutting the necessity for running water.
Both sides are arguing whether this should be legal or not. As you all know, certain states have restrictions on self-sufficient they can live.
Find out what Democrats and Republicans are saying about this issue and what is being done about it on the video after the break.
Coloradans want to have the legal right to collect rain water and hope that their needs will be heard.
Find out what Democrats and Republicans are saying about the legal right to collet rain water in Colorado on the next page!
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They can’t possibly enforce it. What, barrel police?
NOT TRUE, PEOPLE.
I will not follow this page,,,try truth for a change.
What.the$#%&!@*!!
Next tax….BREATHING!!
Heal the sick my$#%&!@*..it was about money and now Obama care really sux.
…..because they are working Allinski’s scenario together. They are one in the same!
Oh wow, A democrap trying to take Americans rights
Doesn’t matter which party whomever Is doing cap like this making us more dependant on the govt needs to be kicked out one way or another
Wrong
Democrats and objectors need to get a life and stop busybodying in other people’s lives.
we need representation…..and fast!
This is clickbait BS. Colorado legalized rain barrels last August http://www.denverpost.com/2016/08/05/colorado-household-rain-barrel-law-takes-effect-tuesday/
Parts of the country are suffering a severe drought and Colorado water feeds those states. We don’t give a$#%&!@*about your rain barrels
…Then it is time to strip Democrats of their life blood….
Of course, you can’t keep the water that falls from the sky into your yard!
How could they bill you for that, or solar for that matter!!
Keep fighting back…
You can keep those bullshit ideas out of colorado sir. The Democrats have done nothing but try and destroy our great state!!
They need to kick those Californians out
Oregon is in the same boat.
Trust me….there’s lots of ground water. I use to work the mines in Colorado.
I read the actual bill and got the gist of what was being regulated. However, on the surface, I wondered why in the world would they be regulating rain water. Seems silly but I found a good explanation on Colorado State University Extension’s web site. See below:
http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/natural-resources/rainwater-collection-colorado-6-707/
Apparently it has to do with water rights in this arid environment. They are extremely dependent upon rain runoff and snow melt to run downstream for agriculture use and livestock. One house collecting runoff hardly makes an impact but, the more that do, this means less water for other means.
The bill allows for a residence to collect and store a total of 110 gallons of rain water to only be used for gardening, or other purposes just not to drink.
Interesting that water is so scarce out there that regulation is needed to protect what I am sure are ranches and farms that produce a major part of that state’s GDP.
I keep wanting to say something about how it’s my water from my roof because I get taxed on it for not hitting the ground but it keeps turning into a rant about learn how to reuse the water you get. My Grandfather came up with the system we have back in the Great Depression because even up here on the hill water was hard to come by. My grandmother came up from the flats to see how it worked and try to get the flat land farmers to do it so they used less water. It’s on the flat land farmers for not being smart with their water is why people are against collecting rain water. Get smarter. I don’t even use my water shares anymore because I’m smart with my rain and snow water. Reduce reuse and recycle. Or so help me I’ll take my water shares and y’all down the hill will get jack and$#%&!@* Ow and also try not selling your water to cities. I’m looking at you Arkansas Valley. Selling your life blood to Parker.
so stupid….what falls from the sky shouldn’t be regulated by the state….
Fake news from lying bastards.
Time to go subterranean.
The states think they own the water that comes from the sky. Therefore wouldn’t they be responsible for their rainwater causing floods.
If you think that one party is better than another then haven’t been paying attention.
If you think that one party is better than another then you really haven’t been paying attention.
One party has supported me and my careers all of my life, the other party has fought me every step of the way. I don’t trust the Republicans but I vote for them because they claim to have my best interests. I don’t trust democrats because they are against everything I stand for and when i disagree with them they call me names and accuse me of vile acts.
One party has supported me and my careers all of my life, the other party has fought me every step of the way. I don’t trust the Republicans but I vote for them because they claim to have my best interests. I don’t trust democrats because they are against everything I stand for and when i disagree with them they call me names and accuse me of vile acts.
To assume a difference between repugs and libs is stupid in the first place.
You guys need to check your facts. If you have a well or can be permitted for a well you can collect all the water you like(unlimited) from the main house structure. If you cannot you are allowed 150 gallons of collection. So those who might not be able to afford a well, but still could be permitted can collect unlimited. Those with old water rights have rights below the ground, not the sky. I have considerable acreage and my wells are over 500 ft deep. There is no amount of precipitation that has hit my ground that has saturated 500 ft. The water evaporates before it reaches that depth. I have dug in the wettest season and the ground is dry about 4 feet down. Build a shed collect your water and transfer it to the storage tank in you shed, have three barrels visible. We still need to fight for water collection, but don’t skyline yourselves.
Transplanted californians, doing the same to montana, Idaho etc. Their buying up land like crazy in other states faster than the chinese
Then trying to run the states by buying off elected 9fficials
Lets be real, if it becomes illegal(currently is not), it won’t be enforced. It mostly just gives legal options to prevent certain edge cases which would, say, prevent rain water from draining from an adjacent property, or if a larger neighborhood was collecting water and altering a natural body of water. The reality is they’re not going door to door fining people. They’re not going to come on your property and arrest you. The likelihood is that you could collect rain water in just about any state without so much as anyone making a single mention of it basically ever. The law is dumb sure, but really the enforcement of this law is basically non-existent in any state where it actually exists.
Law exists in many westerns states and goes basically completely unenforced. Say for instance you had a bunch of large reservoirs and you were holding hundreds of gallons of rain water in a state like california, you might get 30 days in jail because your retaining enough water to effect the natural environment beyond that of your own property. The law is actually to prevent you from affecting your neighbors property and natural environments in areas that are prone to drought. If you had say, 4 rain barrels, I guarantee you no body would give a$#%&!@*if you had a sign in your front yard saying you had 4 rain barrels.
Say you wandered into a national forest, and you picked up a bunch fallen wood and hauled it out to your car. Public land right? Exactly, its not your wood its public property. Just like you don’t own the swings at a park, everyone does. I get that rain is different, but I think the laws exist less to prevent average people from gathering a moderate amount of rain water, and more so to prevent property owners(like ranchers) from collecting large reservoirs of water in a way that would negatively affect the land beyond their property.
The Nanny State creeping in
Still stupid! !!…probably originated in California! !!…but I guess if it keeps someone’s collar white? ?..or makes an environmental nut happy? ?….
Still stupid! !!…probably originated in California! !!…but I guess if it keeps someone’s collar white? ?..or makes an environmental nut happy? ?….
Wtf