Yea it's really scary. Those international trade deals are gonna ruin it for nearly everybody. Canada has a lot more freedom when to comes to water than the USA.

In many States its illegal to collect rain water that lands on oyur home. You could be fined or sent to jail. crazy idea of land of the free eh. I can really see why many don't Hillary to win she support that type of stuff so did Obama even if they did't bring it about. I'm no t impressed with JT either.

With solar power is a good choice. I want off the grid as much as possible too. Solar water heaters are really popular though. Covering many roofs. They actually work and make water hot even in -20C it's too hot touch just like the regular heater. I had one here in another home i lived in. Its a good start if you don;t to blow the budget.