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Rain Water Rule (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by Leyla@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[-] Leyla@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

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)

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.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I imagine the ban on rainwater collection is from before the war, and I imagine there are similar laws in Israel.

There’s lots to be mad at the Israelis for doing. We don’t need to make things up. This article on water in Gaza makes a good point:

A graphic representation of the unfair restrictions is that while many Jewish settlements have swimming pools, Palestinians in “Area C” of the West Bank are not allowed cisterns for collecting rainwater.

[-] Adubya@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

As soon as I saw it the post, I was like guaranteed its going to be Area C.

[-] 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
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