Where does this fit in?

Let's take for example you are building a new home. Besides all of the many facets of new construction; one, and probably the most, important issue is a water source. Basically there are three sources: well, city or meter, and a rainwater system. Most people know of the first and second option however only those that know of the third are capable of purchasing much cheaper land that does not possess the first and second options (well and meter) and effectively support their water needs. "This can't be a true possibility", states most folks. Let's look at the US Virgin Islands. The USVI for short is the only place in the world that requires each person to create and manage their own water supply. I recently spoke to a resident in the USVI and he said that his home has a 25k cistern and that they had never ran out of water. He continued to state that the hurricane season was welcomed as it was the source for filling cisterns up for the following year's water supply. One last way to look at rainwater as a source of water:

1. City water- You pay for every drop and sewer on every drop if you have no septic

2. Well- You pay to drill/bore with no guarantee of water. Additionally, once you find water there is to guarantee as to what the duration or gallons per minute will be.

3. Rainwater- Guaranteed source of water. This is backed by 100 years of rainfall data proving that the water is there. You just have to collect it