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A method of managing utilities comprising:

• providing a utility management system comprising:
• a water subsystem comprising a water collection apparatus, a water storage apparatus in fluid communication with the water collection apparatus, a water storage quantity sensor installed in the water storage apparatus, and one or more water usage sensors installed at the water storage apparatus, in one or more water-using devices, or in a fluid connection between the water storage apparatus and the one or more water-using devices,
• an energy subsystem comprising an energy generation apparatus, an energy storage apparatus coupled to the energy generation apparatus, an energy storage quantity sensor installed at the energy storage apparatus, and one or more energy usage sensors installed at the energy storage apparatus, in one or more energy-using devices, or at an energy connection between the energy storage apparatus and the one or more energy using devices, and
• a processor and a communications interface communicably coupled to the processor and the water storage quantity sensor, one or more water usage sensors, the energy storage quantity sensor and the one or more energy usage sensors;
• receiving a collected water quantity from the water storage quantity sensor and a stored energy quantity from the energy storage quantity sensor via the communications interface;
• receiving a water usage from the one or more water usage sensors and an energy usage from the one or more energy usage sensors via the communications interface;
• receiving a weather forecast data via the communications interface;
• calculating a projected rainfall and a projected cloud cover using the weather forecast data and the processor;
• calculating a projected water collection and storage quantities using the projected rainfall and the collected water quantity and a projected energy generation and storage quantities using the projected cloud cover and the stored energy quantity for the specified time period using the processor;
• calculating one or more recommendations for water usage and energy usage for the specified period based on at least the projected storage quantities, a historical water usage, projected energy storage quantities and a historical energy usage using the processor;
• and
• providing the one or more recommendations to a user device via the communications interface.

A utility management system comprising:

• a water distribution system;
• one or more water storage devices connected to the water distribution system;
• one or more water-using devices connected to the water distribution system;
• an electrical distribution system;
• one or more energy storage devices coupled to the electrical distribution system;
• one or more energy-using devices coupled to the electrical distribution system;
• a plurality of sensors coupled to the one or more water storage devices, the one or more energy storage devices, the one or more water-using devices, and the one or more energy-using devices;
• a communications interface communicably coupled to the plurality of sensors;
• a data storage;
• and
• one or more processors communicably coupled to the communications interface and the data storage, wherein the one or more processors receive a water storage level for the one or more water storage devices and a power storage level for the one or more energy storage devices via the communications interface, store the water storage level and the power storage level in the data storage, receive a water usage for the one or more water-using devices and a power usage for the one or more energy-using devices via the communications interface, store the water usage and the power usage in the data storage, receive a weather forecast data via the communications interface, calculate a projected rainfall and a projected cloud cover using the weather forecast data, calculate a projected water collection using the projected rainfall and a projected energy generation using the projected cloud cover for a specified time period, calculate a projected water usage and a projected energy usage for the specified time period based a historical water usage data, a historical energy usage and the weather forecast data, calculate one or more recommendations based on the projected water usage and the projected energy usage for the specified time period, and automatically provide the one or more recommendations to a user device via the communications interface.

A method of managing utilities implemented by one or more processors communicably coupled to a communications interface and a data storage, the method comprising:

• providing a utility management system comprising:
• a water subsystem comprising one or more water collection devices, one or more water storage devices in fluid communication with the one or more water collection devices, a water storage quantity sensor installed in the one or more water storage devices, and one or more water usage sensors installed at one or more water-using devices, or in a fluid connection between the one or more water storage devices and the one or more water-using devices,
• an energy subsystem comprising one or more energy generation devices, one or more energy storage devices coupled to the one or more energy generation devices, an energy storage quantity sensor installed at the one or more energy storage devices, and one or more energy usage sensors installed at one or more energy-using devices, or at an energy connection between the one or more energy storage devices and the one or more energy-using devices, and
• the one or more processors communicably coupled to the communications interface and the data storage;
• receiving a water storage level for the one or more water storage devices and a power storage level for the one or more energy storage devices via the communications interface, and storing the water storage level and the power storage level in the data storage using the one or more processors;
• receiving a water usage for one or more water-using devices and a power usage for one or more energy-using devices via the communications interface, and storing the water usage and the power usage in the data storage using the one or more processors;
• receiving a weather forecast data via the communications interface;
• calculating a projected rainfall and a projected cloud cover using the weather forecast data and the one or more processors;
• calculating a projected water collection using the projected rainfall and a projected energy generation using the projected cloud cover for a specified time period using the one or more processors;
• calculating a projected water usage and a projected energy usage for the specified time period based a historical water usage data, a historical energy usage, the projected rainfall and the projected cloud cover using the one or more processors;
• calculating one or more recommendations based on the projected water usage and the projected energy usage for the specified time period;
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• automatically providing the one or more recommendations to a user device via the communications interface.