Tulare has no local prohibition on residential rainwater harvesting. California broadly authorizes capture under the Rainwater Capture Act of 2012 (Water Code §§ 10573–10574); barrels and cisterns up to 5,000 gallons that capture rainwater from rooftops are exempt from State Water Board permitting. Graywater systems are governed by California Plumbing Code (Title 24 Part 5) Chapter 16A, with no-permit Tier 1 clothes-washer-to-landscape systems allowed.
Statewide, the Rainwater Capture Act (Water Code § 10574) authorizes residential, commercial, and government landowners to install rainwater capture systems to use rainwater on the same property where it is captured. AB 1750 (2012) clarified rooftop capture for landscape irrigation does not require a State Water Board water right. California Plumbing Code Ch. 16A allows graywater reuse: Tier 1 single-fixture clothes washer systems (up to 250 gpd) require no permit if compliant with subsoil discharge rules; multi-fixture systems require a city plumbing permit. Tulare reviews graywater plumbing through Building & Safety under TMC Title 15 (adoption of CPC). The city encourages rainwater capture as a SGMA compliance measure in the Kaweah Subbasin; surface water captured by the city's basin network is pumped into the Tulare Irrigation District canal for groundwater recharge.
Unpermitted multi-fixture graywater plumbing: stop-work order plus permit-after-the-fact fees under TMC Title 15 / California Plumbing Code; mosquito breeding in open rainwater storage may trigger TMC § 7.28 nuisance abatement.
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