Cistern are outlawed in many locations - disease, mosquitoes etc.
Wes and Ron - regarding rubber buckets. Any fool knows that you cannot save electricity in buckets. Ask anyone and they will tell you that you can save
steam in a bucket.
My city never has instituted any kind of water ban. Of course, if you go 25 miles away to where one of my sisters lives, they have had a 100% water ban for the last 17 years! No washing cars, no watering the grass, etc.
But what is everybody paying for water? A friend one town away from me pays about $1200 a year for water. WOW.
My water bills have been:
2005 - $201
2006 - $335
2007 - $357
I do a little watering for my plants and garden, but NONE for the lawn.
What is everyone else paying for water?