"Van Chocstraw" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
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Sanity wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message
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"By capturing rainwater, some homeowners are breaking the law. This
has put city and state governments in an awkward position-smack in the
middle of competing water users and advocates, often from within their
own agencies, of conserving water to protect supplies."

http://www.popularmechanics.com/scie...h/4314447.html

Some say rainwater should follow its natural course instead of being
diverted by homeowners so that the homeowner's betters can allocate
the water based on need - or political pressure - to those more, um,
worthy of wetting.

It's for the children.


If the government says that I can't keep the water that falls on my
land, let the government keep the water from falling on it!!!!!
A construction company dug a foundation somewhere and
when it rained, the excavation was filled with water.
The Feds stepped in and forbade the construction firm
from pumping out the water because it had now become
a wetland and had to be protected. I may have to look
it up on Snopes but that's about how I remember the
news story. People with lots of guns can do all sorts
of asinine things to you.

TDD


That sounds like complete bull****.
I believe it. We can't step in vernal pools on our land because we might
step on a salamander. What's a vernal pool? A mud puddle after the rain.
Yes, State of Maine protects vernal pools! Believe it.


From another Mainer...It is true...Mud puddles are protected here
.....IDIOTS....Here they can also stop you from building just because
somebody likes to look at YOUR land...It'sa called "a view shed"....MORON
Commies....