When Gray is Green

(from Using Graywater in Your Home Landscape Graywater Guide, California Department of Water Resources, January 1995)

Tired of watching your bath and laundry water go down the drain when it could be put to good use on your landscape? Did you know that it's safe - and legal - to reuse that "graywater"?

In addition to conserving water and probably reducing your water and sewer bills, you will also be drought-proofing your landscape by using graywater. Since more than half of your indoor water can be reused as graywater, during shortages, when outdoor watering may be restricted, you will have a constant source of water. With landscapes valued at between 5 percent and 10 percent of the value of a home, this back-up supply of water may be an important economic insurance policy for you.

Graywater is distributed subsurface and can be used to efficiently maintain lawns, fruit trees, flowers, shrubs and groundcovers. The type of plants it can not be used to irrigate is vegetables (i.e. your edible plants).

Find out more about graywater at the links below. Or contact us here at Boden Plumbing to find out about the options for your home. info@nodrips.com or 996-8683

:: Info on graywater
:: California Graywater Guide
:: more info on graywater and ecological design
:: NRDC Onearth article