But the State Legislature just passed a law mandating that individual water consumption be limited to 55 gallons per day starting in, I believe, 2020. The comment just points to the fact that with that constraint, you won't legally be able to bathe and do laundry the same day and stay within that limitation. What I am wondering, is what about outside watering. In the summer, we use more than 500 gallons per day keeping up our landscaping. Here, you can go to the sewage treatment plant ( 18 miles distant) and get “free” recycled water. Water is heavy. I have a 300 gallon tank I bought, but never used during the drought. Full, it weighs about 2400 lb, which is more than double the carrying capacity of my utility trailer. But I see people using a setup like I have, with their tires ready to pop. Then you have to add in the cost of transportation. Thirty-six miles at $.50/ mile is $18 for 300 gallons. Even with the usurious water rates, it's still cheaper to pay the water company than to go get it.
As i wrote in my post 77, the new regulations target water districts, not individuals. And they require an average per person daily usage, not that any one person cannot exceed the number on any given day.