Junk
- 1,754
- 263
Technically this isn't legal in many places. A lot of municipalities require you acquire a permit to collect rain water. Case in point, a man in Oregon is facing time in prison because he collected water on his ranch for X number of years and the state has filed criminal charges saying he stole water they rightfully owned. The theory is the rain runoff will feed water sheds and rivers. If people collect it, they're preventing it from going where it naturally would.
Another option that I've been utilizing is catching the water that is condensate from the refrigerated air system that cools my current home. This is water that is not accounted for by the municipality and if they try to say I'm stealing water, I'll tell them to sit on one and twist because fuck em.
Good idea though! Just make sure if one is going to do this to check their local regulations and make sure they aren't opening themselves up to some medial legal BS that could lead to bigger issues. Rain water offers many other benefits as well, it's excellent for your hair (learned this from one of my sisters.)
Umm. It never rains in SoCal!
It rained when I was down there last week! POURED on my driving through Riverside, RIGHT after a friend's son had washed my grimy car. :oUmm. It never rains in SoCal!
States have claimed you can't collect rain water......until one guy brought a case to the state because "their" rainwater flooded his property and caused a bunch of damage he then sued the holy living shit out of them. The attorney general quickly looked at what was "theirs" after that. The guys attorney argued that if it was the states water and it was illegal to collect it and and subsequently the collection would of prevented the property damage, then it was the states fault that the damage occurred. He won.
That man in Oregon had built huge ponds and was diverting surface waters. He was *not* 'just' collecting rainwater. That said, yes, it's illegal in many states. Not in California after 2012 and the California Rainwater Reclamation Act was passed.
That said, test your rainwater for NO3. It's a common way for plants to get N and it's actually generated electrical activity in the atmosphere, or something like that. My rainwater (and I'm in the Sierra Nevada) is never 0EC. Ever.
Wanna know what water I'm getting that *is* 0EC? From my dehuey.
It rained when I was down there last week! POURED on my driving through Riverside, RIGHT after a friend's son had washed my grimy car. :eek:
States have claimed you can't collect rain water......until one guy brought a case to the state because "their" rainwater flooded his property and caused a bunch of damage he then sued the holy living shit out of them. The attorney general quickly looked at what was "theirs" after that. The guys attorney argued that if it was the states water and it was illegal to collect it and and subsequently the collection would of prevented the property damage, then it was the states fault that the damage occurred. He won.
for real things are dying around my plants 32 days since last rainfall with sometimes 15% humidity ...hopefully I can collect as much of this El Niño rain this winter to make it through next season I have a ton of those big 55 gallon greek olive barrells ready.Umm. It never rains in SoCal!
It's not free, but a 5 gal jug filled at a water machine is $1.75 around here. It's always under 10ppm and they date the last filter change on the front. Works great for personal-size grows.
At the risk of sounding extremely stupid, what/where is a "water machine?"
Check at Walgreens @Junk they nearly always have them. Not sure if Walgreens has locations over there, but if not CVS should be around and if not, then look for a major chain pharmacy lol. Never been to the East Coast and I know ya'll have different stuff but would assume Walgreens would be around.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?