The general assembly hereby finds and determines that, pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of article XVI of the state constitution, water is considered the property of the public, is dedicated to the use of the people, is subject to the doctrine of prior appropriation, and must be administered in accordance with the priority system […]
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: “Rain barrel” means a storage container with a sealable lid that is: Located aboveground outside of a residential home; and Used for collecting precipitation from a downspout of a rooftop. “Single-family residence” means a private residence that is a separate building or an individual residence […]
Precipitation from a rooftop may be collected if: No more than two rain barrels with a combined storage capacity of one hundred ten gallons or less are utilized; Precipitation is collected from the rooftop of a building that is used primarily as a single-family residence or a multi-family residence with four or fewer units; The […]
The state engineer, to the extent practicable within existing resources, shall provide information on the state engineer’s website on the permitted use of rain barrels to collect precipitation from residential rooftops, including a description of the limitations set forth in section 37-96.5-103. If the department of public health and environment informs the state engineer that […]
On or before March 1, 2019, and on or before March 1, 2022, the state engineer shall report to the committees of reference in each house of the general assembly with jurisdiction over agriculture on whether the allowance of small-scale residential precipitation collection pursuant to this article has caused any discernible injury to downstream water […]
