Rain barrels and rooftop rainwater harvesting are legal statewide in New Jersey, and Passaic County places no limits on them. State law bars state and local governments from charging a fee to install or operate a residential non-potable capture system.
New Jersey encourages rainwater harvesting for stormwater management. State law (P.L. 2016, c.9, from Assembly Bill A2890) authorizes residential, commercial and public property owners to install and operate rainwater capture systems for non-potable use or groundwater infiltration, and prohibits any state entity or municipality from imposing a fee for installing or operating such a system. Simple rain barrels for non-potable use (watering gardens, not drinking) need no permit. Larger systems tied into building plumbing or used for major irrigation may still trigger municipal building, plumbing or health approvals. Passaic County itself sets no rainwater-harvesting rule; municipalities may add design or placement standards.
None at the county level. Only a larger plumbed system installed without a required municipal building/plumbing permit would draw a local code-enforcement penalty.
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