As most people were heading to the beach or Fourth of July picnics and barbeques last Saturday, reporter Andrea de Brito joined the Spot.Us Blog Talk Radio show to provide a midway report on The Goods on Gray Water, which is on its way to getting published in the Bay Area Monitor.
Gray water is the by-product of our showers and laundry machines, which can be safely used to irrigate lawns and gardens, flush toilets and save gallons of city water. Given California’s ongoing battles with drought and water shortages, why isn’t gray water more widely in use?
One reason is the permitting process required to install gray water systems and the depth regulations for water piping in gardens, which often run too deep to benefit the plants above. However, according to de Brito, it’s much easier to use gray water in the Bay Area than in Southern California, and it may get even easier statewide as California continues revising its code.
Hear from Andrea de Brito yourself as she reports on a water recycling system that may become an essential part of California’s future.
Posted by Spot. Us on 07/09/09
