I couldn't read the article either because of the paywall. As an anecdote, I remember when we lived in Colorado, they wouldn't allow collection of runoff from the roof of our house into barrels, e.g. for gardening, because that water was already accounted for downstream.

Now in North Carolina, we can't shed rainwater enough, fast enough, and our gutters overflow all the time. We spent $4000 on drains to prevent the lawn from being swampy. There doesn't seem to be a happy medium. :)