From Project Censored:
In Eagle Point, Oregon, Gary Harrington was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail and pay a fine over $1,500 for having three reservoirs for collecting rainwater. He claimed that he tried getting permits for storing rainwater or snow melts, but they have been denied. He said to CBS News that there was no law that forbade him from storing water, but Tom Paul, the administrator of Oregon Water Resources Department, says he was keeping the water from running into the Big Butte River. Harrington points out there are dams already doing so, and that they would be unable to reach the river from his property since his yard is 170 acres.
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