Fearing climate-related water loss, California acts to bolster its water supplies

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5. I'm aware of the many good points you make here, hunter. I live in Virginia, where private homes can

use rainwater, but businesses and public entities cannot. Our office spent several years negotiating worth the state Public Health Department to set standards that would make rainwater harvesting available to everybody in the state. After reaching agreement with the officials in our work group, some higher-up vetoed the plan.Even the federal government declared that rainwater could not be used for livestock, in spite of the fact that water in ponds and other surface water are much more likely to be contaminated by runoff. Using grant money, we installed one model whole-house rainwater harvesting system that could be used for drinking, cooking, etc. in each of the four counties we service. But it's an uphill battle. It should be a no-brainer that public schools should harvest rain from their enormous roofs for toilets at least, but the resistance to it is very strong. It's an uphill battle.