Grey Water
What’s Grey Water?
Any way you spell it, (graywater or greywater) because it seems there’s no agreement on spelling, the concept is an environmental win for us all.
Grey water is water that’s already been used, still clea
n enough to reuse. Think of it like repurposing water.
Like the water cycling through your washing machine, still good a second time around. Taking this “clean enough” water to supplement elsewhere. Most notably for lawn irrigation. How’s that for sweet? We have several ways to jump start your grey water know how:
• Santa Clara County offers a primer on Grey Water, worth reading here.
Grey Water resources abound:
(you’ll even notice the jury is out on its spelling gray or grey).
Here’s some links to learn more:
Agency Guides
- California Department of Water Resources Graywater Guide: Using Graywater in Your Home Landscape
- San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Graywater Design Manual
Codes and Standards
- California Plumbing Code Info
- Information about upcoming graywater changes from the California Building Standards Commission (CBSC)
Books and Reports
- The Water-Wise Home by Laura Allen
- Builder’s Greywater Guide: Installation of Greywater Systems in New Construction and Remodeling by Art Ludwig
- Create An Oasis with Greywater by Art Ludwig
- Greywater in California: Design, Managing, and Monitoring 2012 Conference Proceedings.
- Legal Graywater Design for Small Scale Applications in California by the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center WATER Institute
- Principles of Ecological Design: Integrating Technology, Economics, and Ecology by Art Ludwig
- Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster
- Residential Greywater Irrigation systems in California: An Evaluation of Soil and Water Quality, User Satisfaction, and Installation Costs by Greywater Action in collaboration with the City of Santa Rosa and Ecology Action of Santa Cruz
Non-Profit Organizations
- Alliance for Water Efficiency Graywater Introduction
- Central Coast Greywater Alliance Paper
- Greywater Action
- Oasis Design Center
- Occidental arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) WATER Institute
- Pacific Institute
- Regenerative Design Institute
- Wholly H2O Graywater Overview
Laundry Products
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