Comments on: Rain barrels illegal in Colorado, but tide may be changing

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:20:21 +0000

I don’t give a rats ass what the law is. That law is an unlawful order in my book. The rain belongs to God and I will use God’s rain to water the plants that God created.

By: GK Scott

GK Scott — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:08:02 +0000

I would have been an extreme lawbreaker with two in my back yard.

By: Neil Kornswiet

Neil Kornswiet — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:30:48 +0000

Lots of great information, and quite simple to make your own if you have a few key tools.But unfortunately thanks to Mother Nature, until this past weekend’s glorious soaking, it didn’t do me any good without anything to capture.

By: Ib Andersen

Ib Andersen — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:28:45 +0000

Rain barrel's work; and www.envirosink.com fill's it in the dry season.

By: E Cigarette

E Cigarette — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:14:13 +0000

you have to be kidding me.. thats ridiculous

By: mike

mike — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:00:31 +0000

this is why we are in debt and don't know what is going on in COngress... HOW silly is this?? electric cigarettes

By: Nancy Sharp

Nancy Sharp — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:51:45 +0000

What kind of law is that?

By: Colorado Dave

Colorado Dave — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:34:19 +0000

I bought a cool rain barrel made from recycled materials that has a hosed diverter, I painted the hose and diverter the color of my house and hide the rain barrel under my porch! What rain barrel?

By: Timothy B. Hurst

Timothy B. Hurst — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:42:59 +0000

Stephen, thanks for bringing light to this as I am one of those Coloradoans who curses the ridiculous statute still on the books forbidding rainwater collection. One often overlooked dimension of this is that every time a new development is constructed with paved roads and stormwater drainage it does far more damage to the amount of locally available water than rainbarrels ever could. All of the water that was once falling to the ground and absorbing into the local aquifers is instead rolling off of roofs, into gutters, down driveways and into the stormwater processing system or right back into the river. So, not only does this system perpetuate the viability of the ridiculous prior appropriations laws, it dries up local aquifers in the process. A real lose-lose proposition for local water users.

By: AllegroMouse

AllegroMouse — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:56:29 +0000

The Province of Ontario did not have a ban on clothes lines. Oh goodness not….I would have been an extreme lawbreaker with two in my back yard. Some municipalities had bans on clotheslines for the very reason you stated. (preserve the aesthetics of residential areas) What the province of Ontario did, in order to save time and legal efforts of its citizens, it turned over all of the bans on clotheslines put in effect by municipalities. This took the onus off of citizens trying to "fight city hall". As an Ontarian, I applaud that government for such a step. The province does not intervene often in municipal matters, but in the interest of the environment, I am glad it did this time!

Thanks for the blog post!