Bill seeks to make rain barrels legal in Colorado [View all]

DENVER – A bill passed a state House committee Monday that would allow all residents to use rain barrels to store water to be used for outdoor irrigation.

"Many of the people I've spoken to think I'm joking when I tell them that the collecting of the rain off of your roof is illegal," bill sponsor Rep. Daneya Esgar (D-Pueblo) told the committee.

Currently, the practice of collecting rainwater is illegal, unless your property has a well. The thought process behind the law is that diverting rainwater on your own property stops the water from flowing to where it naturally would go, thus stealing the water from those who it naturally belongs to.

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