Man Gets Prison Sentence for
Collecting Rainwater On His Property, by
Royce Christyn,
1/15/16, in News, US
Collecting rainwater on your own property can now lead to
jail time, as proven by a man from Oregon who was sentenced to prison for doing
just that. Who owns the rain? The US government, apparently so it seems.
Not so long ago, it was common practice
across much of the world to collect rainwater into man made wells on your
property to use for farming, irrigation and having fresh clean water. It
was just as common as canning your own food, having knowledge of at least some
basic survival skills, and being self-sufficient.
It wasn’t even that many generations ago
that all of this was common practice – people born before WWII were pretty
adept at these skills, as they were a necessity to survival. One of the
main (and easiest) ways to ensure survival was to collecting rainwater on your
own property. The practical uses for storing and collecting rainwater are
numerous and many people across the world in rural areas still do it today for
all of the reasons listed above. However, over the past few years, laws
making the collection of rainwater illegal have been causing an uproar across
the US.
Now, a man from Grey Point, Oregon has
been sentenced to thirty days in prison for storing collected rainwater on
his very own property – and the public is outraged.
http://yournewswire.com/man-gets-prison-sentence-for-collecting-rainwater-on-his-own-property/
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