similar law is being considered<\/a> in Los Angeles. Even Colorado, where laws long forbid rainwater catchment because the legal owner of that water was downstream, changed their laws in 2009 to allow rainwater harvesting.<\/p>\nAs the population grows and available water levels remain the same, legally requiring rainwater catchment may become the norm, not the exception.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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