HC wrote:
I'm in NSW and when I bought this house 14 years ago asked the local
council about fitting a water tank because I had been living out of town
and had water tanks for many years......the council (in their infinite
wisdom) refused permission to fit a tank stating it was against their
policy. Of course, I didn't tell them I wanted the water tank to supply
drinking water, because I'd had prior warning that they were totally
against this and any collected water was to be for garden use only.

Now.....it's compulsory to fit a water tank to any new houses.

How their thinking changes??? LOL

Okay, i'll fess up. I knew that and just installed the tanks anyway.
Then they changed the policy and wanted approval and fee. Now I think
you just can.

We wanted ours for a water feature and garden. Pump broke on water
feature, so now it is just garden.

Maybe if we fit a third tank of 10K+ litre down the back yard. we will
connect the toilet, but first I need to install greywater diverters on
laundry, kitchen and bathroom for back lawn and low level gardens.