While the rest of Atlanta worries about running dry, Steve Carr’s collecting enough rainwater in two 500-gallon stainless steel tanks to give him all the water he needs for daily showers, drinking, and washing his dishes and clothes.

The tanks are hooked up to the plumbing system of the industrial warehouse this self sufficient, “gainfully unemployed” nonconformist has called home for the past sixteen years. Carr estimates that he consumes about 10 gallons of water daily, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which notes that “that’s about one-tenth of what an average Atlantan might go through.”

Carr told the Atlanta Journal-Constituiton, “I’ve got more water available to me than I can possibly use” I’m thinking about a sauna and hot tub.”

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