Oregon Man Sued For Collecting Rainwater Sparks Nationwide Debate

Oregon Man Sued For Collecting Rainwater Sparks Nationwide Debate

At first glance, it may seem like satire that someone could be punished for gathering rain. However, Gary Harrington’s story offers something far more nuanced: a subtly divisive illustration of the incompatibility of individual rights and infrastructural law. It was not discovered that he was filling a rain barrel beneath his gutters. In reality, he was constructing three enormous reservoirs on his property, ponds big enough to accommodate boats…