North Carolina OKs gray water use
In a victory for common sense, North Carolina officials have decided it's OK for residents to water non-edible plants with gray water, the stuff left over after taking baths and washing dishes and clothes. Yay -- now we needn't feel like criminals for hauling buckets of bath water out to our thirsty trees!
One of the neatest gray water purification systems I've seen is at the Piedmont Biofuels co-op in Chatham County, where the oil-crop research farm is irrigated with process wastewater cleaned via an artificial wetlands system built from old bathtubs. In fact, the co-op's entire production process is ingeniously designed for maximum sustainability. You can read more about it here, or see for yourself by taking the free tour offered every Sunday at 1 p.m.
Labels: artificial wetlands, gray water, Piedmont Biofuels
posted by Sue Sturgis @ 11:50 AM
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It's about time, right? I'm thrilled that we finally get to carry through with what only makes sense anyhow!
While this is very good news, there has been a safer solution for quite a while in the Brac System. It purifies and recycles grey water for flushing toilets. It's a nice balance that can save 30% of home or commercial consumption. And the 2006 NC Pluming Code allows for treated grey water to be used in flushing toilets.
I sell these systems and have written about them in my blog at www.practicaleco.com, back on Nov 30 and Oct 31 last year.
Sure, it's costly at first but it goes on saving water year after year. Put this together with rain water capture for irrigation and you could cut your household use right down and take a huge load off of the reservoirs.
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