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The Illegal Curb Cuts That Changed How Tucson Uses Rainwater
Brad Lancaster knew he was breaking the rules when he picked up a handsaw one Sunday morning in 1998. He cut six openings into the concrete curb outside his Tucson home, hoping rainwater would flow into the soil instead of disappearing down a storm drain. Nobody from the city seemed to notice at first. What…
Why an Oregon Man Was Really Jailed Over His Backyard Rainwater Reservoirs
On the surface, it reads like a parable of government gone mad. A man on his own rural property, surrounded by 170 acres of land he owns outright, collects rainwater and snowmelt, and for this he is hauled off to jail and fined. When the story first spread across the internet, that was precisely the…