We'll be washing clothes in the rain barrel if we don't get these idiots out of office, soon.
Another Freeper informed me a few months ago that in his State, its a criminal event to capture rain water. Even so, I'm sure the same EPA would also criminalize mixing chemicals (aka "laundry detergent") in with natural rain and thus you would be a felon, environmental terrorist and lose your Constitutional Rights to have a gun or to vote.
They would rather we all smell like hippies.
I think the Freeper may exaggerate that it is criminal to capture rainwater. But it was probably a finable offence.
In western states it may have been the intent to prevent farmers dependant on irrigation from building unauthorized dams there by limiting the amount of water flowing downstream to neighboring farms.
But these days it is fashionable here in Ohio for the county agents to promote rain barrels to home owners for collecting rainwater for gardening use.
But it was illegal in my youth for home owners that had cisterns in their homes to use that water. But this was because your sewer bill was based on your city water usage. Those with cisterns could in effect cheat the system by using cistern water for washing cloths or flushing toilets. (it is probably still illegal)