30 posts tagged graywater

As part of Eco-Libris' ongoing content partnership with Green Options Media, we feature a post that was originally published by Philip Proefrock on May 10 on Green Building Elements. Today's post is about a new book that presents the new look and perception of off the grid homes.

Rain Water Essential Collection Resources by Texas Rainwater Systems provides sustainable quality water for residential and commercial uses by Kerrville, Texas Company. http://www.txrainwatercollection.com Michael Rodriguez, seo@txrainwatercollection.com

I'll do my best to not make this a novel post but no promises. We arrived in Cabo without any incident other than having to be up at 6am and needing to make it to the airport for Burger King (where I got free hash brown nugs = BONUS)and Bloody Marys. Checked into our glorious hotel and started getting down to business with the booze.

The underside of our Sprinter looks clean. Looking closer reveals some added components. (Click image for larger size.)   This is the drain for the black water tank which is inside the Sprinter. It is the only component you can see looking at the Sprinter from a normal view. All others are hidden.

Rainwater Harvesting: A beginners guide. James Towner | Arizona, Water | 05 7th, 2008| 1 Comment » Rainwater is one of our society’s greatest forgotten urban resources. We design our developments to drain rainwater from our property turning streets in to rivers.

headlines. Today I noticed a article on azcentral.com saying that the City of Phoenix has done extensive testing and found no traces of drugs in their water. This is just another reassurance that tap water is great to drink. Phoenix drinking water received a clean bill of health Monday after extensive testing found no pharmaceuticals in the water supply.

Every time I pull the plug on Roscoe’s bath, it pains me to watch several gallons of relatively clean water vanish down the drain.  Perhaps this angst is inherited from my resourceful mother, who always transferred our bathwater to the washing machine for a load of laundry after we were tucked into

Water Conservation and Recycling Where You Live Posted by Tom on April 14, 2008 “Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink…” -Rime of the Ancient Mariner Well, if your a peach farmer in Georgia or living on a few cents a day in Africa you may not think that there is water anywhere.

Urban Sustainability Training Section: CITY SCAVENGER — by veg-head, 30 Mar Pitch(fork)ing in to compost Oyster mushrooms grow in coffee grounds, a fig tree thrives on soapy gray water from a washing machine, and electricity is generated by a wind turbine made of old bicycle parts.

I'm kicking off a major home renovation and looking for some green innovations I can incorporate without breaking the bank. This gray water recovery system looks promising. The AQUS system sells for about $300.00 per toilet.