Tucson resident here. It did make me feel a bit better setting up my harvesting system. I collect about 10,000 gallons that I use to irrigate my thirsty grapefr

Tucson resident here. It did make me feel a bit better setting up my harvesting system. I collect about 10,000 gallons that I use to irrigate my thirsty grapefruit and lemon tree. If I didn't have to collected water, it would cost me a few hundred a month to keep them healthy. If I didn't have the collected rainwater, I wouldn't have the trees. Using city water to irrigate my citrus just feels obnoxious. The whole process of setting up the system was a lot of fun and a lot of work. The soil here is quite hard, so I got a great workout digging the trenches. I know my overall impact is negligible, but have a general sense of well-being by having the system. You could say the same about the solar systems I set up as well. I could just as easily pay Tucson Electric and Power as they are setting up big solar arrays now.