What is Grey Water?
"Grey water" is a term that represents a variety of moderately clean water flows you might find in a building. Typically, it includes water that been used in a sink, shower, bathtub, washing machine, dish washer, or other device that leaves the water unclean, but significantly cleaner than the "black water" that comes out of toilets and garbage disposals. Grey water is not potable (drinkable), but it is also not useless. Because it contains only small amounts of soap, dirt, and other relatively mild components, unlike black water, grey water can be cleaned up onsite, and reused for non-potable purposes such as irrigation, cleaning, etc.
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Related Links
- GreyWater.com
- Oasis Design Grey Water Resources
- Toolbase Grey Water Manufacturers List
- University of Arizona Grey Water
- Types of Grey Water
- EcoGeek and TreeHugger both have articles about two systems that directly use sink grey water to flush toilets.
Related Books
- Reusing the Resource: Adventures in Ecological Wastewater Recycling
by Carol Steinfeld and Daniel Del Porto
Author: Nick Enge
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