COLLECTING RAINWATER NOW ILLEGAL IN MANY STATES, AGENDA 21/POPULATION CONTROL, CRIMINAL GOV/POLICE STATE
Many of the freedoms we enjoy here in the U.S. are quickly
eroding as the nation transforms from the land of the free into the land
of the enslaved, but what I’m about to share with you takes the assault on our
freedoms to a whole new level. You may not be aware of this, but many Western
states, including Utah, Washington and Colorado, have long outlawed individuals
from collecting rainwater on their own properties because, according to
officials, that rain belongs someone else.
As bizarre as it sounds, laws restricting property owners
from “diverting” water that falls on their own homes and land
have been on the books for quite some time in many Western states. Only
recently, as droughts and renewed interest in water conservation methods have
become more common, have individuals and business owners started butting heads
with law enforcement over the practice of collecting rainwater for
personal use.
Check out this news report out of Salt Lake City,
Utah, about the issue. It’s illegal in Utah to divert rainwater without a
valid water right, and Mark Miller of Mark Miller Toyota, found this out the
hard way.
After constructing a large
rainwater collection system at his new dealership to use for
washing new cars, Miller found out that the project was actually an “unlawful
diversion of rainwater.” Even though it makes logical conservation sense to
collect rainwater for this type of use since rain is scarce in Utah, it’s still
considered a violation of water rights which apparently belong exclusively to
Utah’s various government bodies.
“Utah’s the second driest state in the nation. Our laws
probably ought to catch up with that,” explained Miller in response to the
state’s ridiculous rainwater collection ban.
Salt Lake City officials worked out a
compromise with Miller and are now permitting him to use “their” rainwater, but
the fact that individuals like Miller don’t actually own the rainwater that
falls on their property is a true indicator of what little freedom we
actually have here in the U.S. (Access to the rainwater that falls on your own
property seems to be a basic right, wouldn’t you agree?)
Outlawing
rainwater collection in other states
Utah isn’t the only state with rainwater collection bans,
either. Colorado and Washington also have rainwater collection
restrictions that limit the free use of rainwater, but these restrictions vary
among different areas of the states and legislators have
In Colorado, two new laws were
recently passed that
exempt certain small-scale rainwater collection systems, like the kind people
might install on their homes, from collection restrictions.
Prior to the passage of these laws, Douglas County,
Colorado, conducted
a study a
study on how rainwater collection affects aquifer and groundwater
supplies. The study revealed that letting people collect rainwater on their
properties actually reduces demand from water facilities and improves
conservation.
Personally, I don’t think a study was even necessary to
come to this obvious conclusion. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure
out that using rainwater instead of tap water is a smart and useful way to
conserve this valuable resource, especially in areas like the West where
drought is a major concern.
Additionally, the study revealed that only about three
percent of Douglas County’s precipitation ended up in the streams and rivers
that are supposedly being robbed from by rainwater collectors. The other 97
percent either evaporated or seeped into the ground to be used by plants.
This hints at why bureaucrats can’t really use the
argument that collecting rainwater prevents that water from getting to where it
was intended to go. So little of it actually makes it to the final destination
that virtually every household could collect many rain barrels worth of
rainwater and it would have practically no effect on the amount that ends up in
streams and rivers.
It’s all about
control, really
As long as people remain unaware and uninformed about
important issues, the government will continue to chip away at
the freedoms we enjoy. The only reason these water restrictions are
finally starting to change for the better is because people started to notice
and they worked to do something to reverse the law.
Even though these laws restricting water collection have
been on the books for more than 100 years in some cases, they’re slowly being
reversed thanks to efforts by citizens who have decided that enough is enough.
Because if we can’t even freely collect the rain that
falls all around us, then what, exactly, can we freely do? The rainwater issue
highlights a serious overall problem in America today: diminishing
freedom and increased government control.
Today, we’ve basically been reprogrammed to think that we
need permission from the government to exercise our inalienable rights, when in
fact the government is supposed to derive its powerfromus. The American
Republic was designed so that government would serve the People to protect and
uphold freedom and liberty. But increasingly, our own government is restricting
people from their rights to engage in commonsense, fundamental actions such as
collecting rainwater or buying raw milk from the farmer next door.
Today, we are living under a government that has slowly
siphoned off our freedoms, only to occasionally grant us back a few limited
ones under the pretense that they’re doing us a benevolent favor.
Fight back
against enslavement
As long as people believe their rights stem from the
government (and not the other way around), they will always be enslaved. And
whatever rights and freedoms we think we still have will be quickly eroded by a
system of bureaucratic power that seeks only to expand its control.
Because the same argument that’s now being used to
restrict rainwater collection could, of course, be used to declare that you have no right to the air you breathe,
either. After all, governments could declare that air to be somebody
else’s air, and then they could charge you an “air tax” or an “air royalty” and
demand you pay money for every breath that keeps you alive.
Think it couldn’t happen? Just give it time. The
government already claims it owns your land and house, effectively. If you
really think you own your home, just stop paying property taxes and
see how long you still “own” it. Your county or city will seize it and then
sell it to pay off your “tax debt.” That proves who really owns it in the first
place… and it’s not you!
How about the question of who owns your
body? According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark office, U.S.
corporations and universities already own 20% of your genetic code. Your own
body, they claim, is partially the property of someone else.
So if they own your land, your water and your body, how
long before they claim to own your air, your mind and even your soul?
Unless we stand up against this tyranny, it will creep
upon us, day after day, until we find ourselves totally enslaved by a world of
corporate-government collusion where everything of value is owned by powerful
corporations — all enforced at gunpoint by local law enforcement.
Via: WorldTruth TV
http://www.truthdeficit.com/collecting-rainwater-now-illegal-in-many-states/
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