andy there is no mains water out of town so you need tanks. i have two 25,000 ltr tanks for the house and a 9000 ltr for the garage. i also had to have a water treatment plant for the waste water a type 2 advanced treatment plant so i wont have a septic tank. the type two is an areobic sand filteration set up and is totaly odourless i bought a ripper for me old tractor to prepare an area of ground so i can run it off sub surface it is an undergroud set up so there will be nothing to see or smell