Debate Over Collecting Rainwater Resurfaces At State Capitol

By Shaun Boyd
DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado is the only place in the country where it’s illegal to collect rainwater. You can direct it by changing your gutters or grading but you can’t collect it. The law dates back more than a century, but Rep. Jessie Danielson is hoping to change it.
“If I can shovel snow off from my sidewalk and put it on my lawn, why can’t I use a rain barrel to take it from my sidewalk to put on my tomato plants?” said Danielson, D-Jefferson