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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What's the usual way of stopping someone from collecting rain water?

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 37 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Fines/violence, usually.

It's actually not uncommon to have laws that restrict gathering rain water in many places. Lots of US states do as well. If water is collected locally on a mass scale, it messes with water tables/rivers/lakes/etc.

Forbidding it when a place doesnt have otherwise dependable water infastructure is inhuman however.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

it messes with water tables

Everything messes with them. EVERYTHING. Mostly wells.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago