Hi Jeff,

For outdoor water use, you might consider some sort of catchment
system. When I lived in Toronto, the city was providing residents
with rain barrels that could be hooked-up to drain spouts. I don't
recall if they were free (most likely there was a nominal charge), but
I obtained a couple and collected enough water to keep my gardens in
pretty good shape throughout Toronto's hot summers (the lawn had to
fend for itself).

With my current home, I built a good size pond with a plastic liner
and it collects more than enough runoff to see me through the dry
spells (not that there's any shortage of rain here in the Maritimes).

Cheers,
Paul

Jeff Wisnia wrote:

The only way to beat that sewage charge is to drill a well.