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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The US does the same thing. People need to push back. Hard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This isn't as bad as it sounds. Water prevented from reaching the ground in watersheds means groundwater doesn't get replenished. Now maybe a house here and there collecting rainwater isn't a problem, but what about Nestle? The law should allow reasonable rainwater collection by individuals or family households while preventing theft of water from a region.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

means groundwater doesn't get replenished.

To then be extracted by greedy corporation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rainwater collection laws in the US are based on conservation and fair allocation of a scarce resource.

In places that don't have scarcity, you actually have the opposite issue, where drainage might be restricted or mandated to prevent issues from harming your neighbors.

I can't build a dam on my property because it might flood my neighbor. People in the southwest can't collect water at will because it might dry out their neighbors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The rain is scarce. But only 9.99$!