How absolutely ridiculous!

Agreed. It is raining very hard here right now, and I'm looking
around at all the downspouts, watching perhaps hundreds of gallons
shooting out into people's yards off of their roofs.

My Grandmother told me that when she was young, most of the folks had
cisterns to hold 500 or 1000 gallons. Now, most folks are paying water
& sewer fees on every gallon they use, when they could be using
completely free rainwater instead.

That includes me, but I'd like to change that.