We just built a home in Florida....where we are at, we get about 50 inches of rain a year. Where we are from in So Ca........ So Ca average rain is 14 inches a year ,we have had about 4 inches in the last year.The worst drought in my life time.The water in Ca is about a dollar for a unit, which is about 750 gallons.Our water rates in Florida start at 2.50 for a unit which is about a 1000 gallons for the first 5000 gallons and it goes up from there....It may be about the only thing that is more expensive in Florida.....but it makes no sense.