Capturing rain water in Utah is illegal

Rebecca Nelson captures rainwater in a barrel, and she pours it on her plants. "We can fill up a barrel in one rainstorm. And so it seems a waste to just let it fall into the gravel," she said.

Rebecca Nelson thought that she was helping the environment when she captured rainwater in a barrel and use it on her garden. Car dealer Mark Miller thought he was 'greening' his facility with a cistern to use to wash vehicles. Well it turns out they're both violating Utah law which prohibits citizens from "capturing" rain water.

Boyd Clayton, the deputy state engineer, explained that citizens who capture water are depriving people with water rights: "Obviously if you use the water upstream, it won't be there for the person to use it downstream". More.

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