“My biggest immediate problem was water storage, and I put together a fairly simple and inexpensive system to harvest rainwater off the roof of my shed. Right now it keeps the waterbill down when I water the garden. In an emergency I have four 55 gallon plastic (food grade) barrels for immediate water storage. I have room for and will add at least another four barrels by this fall.”
Washington State has declared the rain that falls on your roof belongs to them and you can be fined for collecting it.
Lucky me!
I have a trout stream in my back yard.