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Rainwater Harvesting is a good water conservation effort to have water for outdoor plants or for using outdoors not recommended for drinking 

DROUGHT RULES

Requirements Imposed on the General Public. The regulations applicable to the general public prohibit the following actions by any person, except where the water use is necessary to address an immediate health and safety need or to comply with a term or condition of a permit issued by a federal or state agency:

(a) Hosing or spraying fresh water outdoors on landscapes in a manner that causes runoff that flows offsite;

(b) Using a hose to wash an automobile with water, except where the hose has a shut-off nozzle or device attached that it  immediately cease dispensing water when not in use;

(c) Applying water to driveways and sidewalks; and

(d) Using water in a fountain or other decorative water feature, except where the water is part of a recirculating system.

Violation punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for each day in which the violation occurs. According to the State Board’s July 24, 2014 guidance, a citation for a violation may be issued by a peace officer or by any employee of a local agency that is charged with enforcing statutes, regulations, and ordinances pertaining to water use, if the local agency has the statutory authorization for such enforcement and has adopted an ordinance empowering any employee(s) to do so. Thus, the issuance of citations for violations of the restrictions by a particular public agency water supplier would depend upon that agency’s statutory power and, if that power exists, which employees are empowered to issue such citations.