Yes. City water is good local source. I have a well at home in town which is good quality.
At farm the well water has some gypsum but good quantity. And we have a lake driven rural water supply system. We are remodeling home at the farm and plan to put in rainwater recovery system. Have huge barns which could be easily guttered to supply feed. The house itself has a new metal roof that would do the same. (it’s about 2700 sq ft) We may do both for gardening water supply. Well water is not so high in gypsum that it cannot be used, but there is some accumulation in the soil.
Good job.
We have the river and a well. No hand pump for the well but can get a small container down it.
Fish from the river. River water for the garden.
At one time we were far enough from the zombies but the city has grown this direction so we’re now on the map. Still, we’re further out than the first couple waves will get.
I think you should catch all the rainwater you can in Texas. They may even have some sort of tax break, or funding you could get. Several years ago, I read a whole bunch of stuff from Texas about how to catch and use rainwater.
Probably followed a link from one of the University Extension sites. Just can’t remember. Anyway, we usually have more rain than you, and we had one summer where the rain barrels didn’t last past May. Just had to let the garden burn up, as we didn’t want to take a chance on depleting our well.
We bought a 4000 gallon swimming pool from Walmart on sale at the end of summer, and put up some guttering to fill it with. It’s on the uphill side of the property, and we put a spigot on it and a hose. Gravity and a twist of the spigot does the rest. Lot’s easier than hauling water from the rain barrels.