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The remarkably innovative method relied on understanding the local drainage and stormwater systems. Initially, it was believed that stormwater would either filter back into aquifers or contribute to municipal water supplies. A discussion with the public works department revealed that most of the stormwater from the neighborhood mostly ends up at a dam, lost and sent downstream to the Gulf of Mexico. That realization sparked the homeowner’s resolve to devise a system that could repurpose this water for landscaping.