[Peachcreek]

First thing I think of is why a person believes they can live in a house with no running water? Forget about the lawn, what about the sanitation issue? Anyway...
I live in an area that has water restrictions. I removed my front and side lawns and xerascaped them so I was able to reduce my water consumption. The other upside is that my front and side yard maintainance can be done with a leaf blower!
I took out over half of my lawn so that the remaining portion and garden still do look like a golf course, but I can easily do it without using all my legal watering time... You don't want to tick off the neighbors...
And also I'm a long term "green" lawnkeeper- I use a push mower, pick weeds, no pesticides or herbicides, limited fertilizer, hand thatch etc. I get compliments on my lawn all the time...