Comments on: Collecting Rainwater Still Illegal in Much of Colorado http://www.lot-lines.com/collecting-rainwater-still-illegal-in-much-of-colorado/ A Colorado Landscape Architect's Blog Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:08:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt Corrion http://www.lot-lines.com/collecting-rainwater-still-illegal-in-much-of-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Matt Corrion Mon, 10 May 2010 14:35:31 +0000 http://lotlines.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-287 Jay- Thanks for reading, and for your comment. I hope you will keep following the blog! It is great to get a new perspective on this from someone in Australia. I know that you are struggling with a drought down there right now. Our neighboring state of Arizona now allows rainwater collection tanks like the one you are talking about- so hopefully some day we will be allowed to have such a system here. In the meantime we are trying to work around it in several ways such as designing bioswales and sunken landscape islands, etc. Jay- Thanks for reading, and for your comment. I hope you will keep following the blog!

It is great to get a new perspective on this from someone in Australia. I know that you are struggling with a drought down there right now. Our neighboring state of Arizona now allows rainwater collection tanks like the one you are talking about- so hopefully some day we will be allowed to have such a system here. In the meantime we are trying to work around it in several ways such as designing bioswales and sunken landscape islands, etc.

]]> By: Jay http://www.lot-lines.com/collecting-rainwater-still-illegal-in-much-of-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Jay Mon, 10 May 2010 12:13:32 +0000 http://lotlines.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-286 Hi, I live in Australia and find it amazing that you have areas where this is so difficult. Here it is crucial and a necessary part of life. We personally have a tank which holds 100,0000 litres and we are glad we have it as we don't have to rely on anyone for our water. It has now become mandatory here in our state for all new houses to also have a rainwater supply installed. Our water is crystal clear and perfect for drinking, showering and all washing. I just hope that America realises that they too need to go down this path. :) Hi, I live in Australia and find it amazing that you have areas where this is so difficult. Here it is crucial and a necessary part of life. We personally have a tank which holds 100,0000 litres and we are glad we have it as we don’t have to rely on anyone for our water. It has now become mandatory here in our state for all new houses to also have a rainwater supply installed. Our water is crystal clear and perfect for drinking, showering and all washing. I just hope that America realises that they too need to go down this path. :)

]]> By: Matt Corrion http://www.lot-lines.com/collecting-rainwater-still-illegal-in-much-of-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Matt Corrion Tue, 04 May 2010 14:29:06 +0000 http://lotlines.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-252 Delphine, Thanks for your kind words- please share and link back! Delphine,

Thanks for your kind words- please share and link back!

]]> By: Delphine Munos http://www.lot-lines.com/collecting-rainwater-still-illegal-in-much-of-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Delphine Munos Tue, 04 May 2010 06:43:52 +0000 http://lotlines.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-249 G'day, It's nice to stumble upon a good site like this one. Do you care if I use some of the info here, and I'll leave a link back to you? G’day, It’s nice to stumble upon a good site like this one. Do you care if I use some of the info here, and I’ll leave a link back to you?

]]> By: Ed http://www.lot-lines.com/collecting-rainwater-still-illegal-in-much-of-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Ed Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:31:14 +0000 http://lotlines.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-61 If people collect their own rainwater, it won't be available for Big Brother to sell back to them. The very old water rights which were referred to in the article were established 'way back in a time when most Americans were free -- before governments discovered that they could hoodwink the citizens into paying for things which were provided by Mother Nature. In this, as in most things, one must follow the money. If people collect their own rainwater, it won’t be available for Big Brother to sell back to them. The very old water rights which were referred to in the article were established ‘way back in a time when most Americans were free — before governments discovered that they could hoodwink the citizens into paying for things which were provided by Mother Nature. In this, as in most things, one must follow the money.

]]> By: Mike http://www.lot-lines.com/collecting-rainwater-still-illegal-in-much-of-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Mike Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:58:23 +0000 http://lotlines.wordpress.com/?p=162#comment-9 If householders don't collect rainwater for their own use but instead let the water flow through stormwater channels or through the ground, streams and rivers to water storages and then use it via the municipal water and their garden taps you can imagine that somewhere along the way there will be quite a bit of water wasted through evaporation and other means (leaky pipes etc). So it stands to reason the for every 100 gallons of water that falls on your roof as isn't collected, that maybe 10, 20, 30% or even more may be wasted or not even accessable to be used again by households and those that own the water rights. Therefore it stands to reason that if households collect and store rainwater (cut out the middle inefficient process) it will take the pressure off water storages and as a result there would be more water available to those who do own the water rights and take water from the rivers etc. It all just comes done to use of efficient practices for the use of water. If householders don’t collect rainwater for their own use but instead let the water flow through stormwater channels or through the ground, streams and rivers to water storages and then use it via the municipal water and their garden taps you can imagine that somewhere along the way there will be quite a bit of water wasted through evaporation and other means (leaky pipes etc). So it stands to reason the for every 100 gallons of water that falls on your roof as isn’t collected, that maybe 10, 20, 30% or even more may be wasted or not even accessable to be used again by households and those that own the water rights. Therefore it stands to reason that if households collect and store rainwater (cut out the middle inefficient process) it will take the pressure off water storages and as a result there would be more water available to those who do own the water rights and take water from the rivers etc.
It all just comes done to use of efficient practices for the use of water.

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