provisions addressing rainwater harvesting, including safeguards for systems that use a public water supply as an auxiliary source.
For certain systems, the law requires measures such as backflow prevention or physical separation between the harvested water and the public supply. Additional qualifications apply to some systems used for potable purposes.
The lesson is straightforward: even where rainwater harvesting is encouraged, the installation may still need to meet specific technical requirements.
Source: Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 341.
These examples are not a complete list of state laws, and rules
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