Originally Posted by
Kat Sews
You may want to check for local ordinances to make sure the barrels are legal where you live. My brother's neighbor in West Valley, Utah had one and was told to remove it as the rain water running off their roof didn't belong to the home owner.
My understanding is the same thing holds true in Colorado. One of my former employees lived there and due to regulations they weren't allowed to have any kind of water collection....