Xerxes writes:
"A Florida woman who has been living off the grid has had her home declared 'Unsanitary' and has until March to connect her off-the-grid home to the city water system, or face eviction."
[ED Note: Ordinances such as this are not uncommon. My own father once had a property condemned on this basis while he was in the midst of a billing dispute with a utility.]
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Mesa Mike on Thursday February 27 2014, @02:52AM
Water is the big issue.
In a city, it's not common to have water rights with your city lot.
That includes rain water, and some municipalities have prosecuted rain water collectors.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @07:25AM
I used to live in Southern California, where fresh water is a BIG issue. There were regular droughts, and periodic campaigns to get people to water their lawns less, drain their pools, and wash their cars at least half as frequently.
I found it absurd that what little rain we DID get was simply allowed to run off the rooftops, into the gutter, down the storm drain and to the bay. What a waste.