Rainwater harvesting is legal in Fayetteville. Arkansas places no significant limits on residential collection, and the city encourages rain barrels and cisterns for irrigation. Only large or potable-use systems trigger building or plumbing permits.
Fayetteville allows residents to collect rainwater for garden and lawn irrigation and other non-potable uses. Arkansas does not restrict residential rainwater harvesting, and rain barrels need no permit. The city's stormwater program supports on-site capture to reduce runoff, consistent with Chapter 167's goal of reducing stormwater and erosion. Larger cisterns or systems plumbed into a home for potable use must meet Arkansas building and plumbing code and health-department treatment standards, which can require a permit. HOA covenants, where they exist, may still limit visible barrel placement, since Arkansas has no statute overriding such private restrictions.
Standard residential rain barrels carry no penalty. Installing a large cistern or potable system without the required building or plumbing permit is a standard code violation subject to correction and the general penalty under Section 10.99.
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