The Rain That Falls on Your Roof Isn't Legally Yours in Some States

👉 Download my E-Book: http://titusfreeman.com For about a hundred years in Colorado, it was against the law to catch the rain off your own roof in a plain barrel. Some states still keep a count of every gallon you save. In this one, Titus Freeman walks you through rainwater collection laws across the West. He covers the Colorado rain barrel ban and the 110-gallon limit that replaced it in 2016, and the old "first in time, first in right" water rights rule that says your rain belongs to somebody downstream. He also covers the 2007 study that showed hardly any roof rain ever reaches a river, Utah's rain barrel registration, and Nevada's 2017 law. Then he tells the real story of the Oregon man who went to jail over rainwater, the parts the internet leaves out.