Sentences with phrase «gray water»

But this is the first time I have seen an elegant, properly integrated sink and gray water system integrated so elegantly with a toilet.

We thought this such a good use of gray water we got one for our daughter and neighbor.

We talked about using gray water to water plants or for some other purpose.

Besides sleeping for three, a kitchen and a sort of bathroom, there is room for gray water, black water, fresh water tanks and batteries.

There have also been gray water collection tanks that go under the sink.

Though gray water is less dangerous than black water, it could still contain traces of fecal matter, blood, or other contaminants.

A composite batch of gray water was derived from three separate washes.

The Indonesian - inspired architecture even respects the landscape by using gray water, solar panels and sustainable materials.

However, since the level of phosphates in gray water from washing machines is not significant, the constructed wetlands component of the IBF was constructed with materials that do not preferentially remove phosphates.

The winners of Imagine H2O's third annual competition are companies working on a variety of different problems, including turning wastewater from manufacturing into high - value chemical products, sequestering and removing heavy metals from industrial waters, the conversion of residential homes wastewater streams from gray water into near - potable water, and a process for companies to both reduce CO2 emissions while also manufacturing the chemicals they need for operations at the same time.

Taking us right from the tire dump and breaking ground, through laying the first course of tires and installing gray water recycling, rainwater catchment and black water treatment, all the way through to applying insulation, solar panels and mud finishes on the interior walls, this video will undoubtedly be a useful resource for anyone wanting to build their own earthship.

Detergents used in clothes washing machines have constituents which are absent or at minimal levels in gray water from a shower.

We recommend that you consult with a green building professional to help with green alternatives such as gray water systems, water catches, etc..

It seems like only the day before yesterday we were talking about gray water recovery systems and how they are legal, and how that guy in Atlanta was talking through his hat.

The tragedy implicit in Ruby's seemingly routine pastime is that the real house that her family rents from Sherrena was stunningly deplorable: it had a non-functioning toilet, a kitchen sink brimming with gray water and lined with a rust - orange film.

Other efforts focus on tapping unconventional supplies, such as systems that reuse gray water, cisterns to harvest rooftop runoff, and sewage treatment and reuse.

As you would expect from the folks who brought us videos on safe and legal gray water, a DIY solar home, and protecting your money in a declining economy, this is yet another deep, far ranging discussion.

Inhabitat points out, «Using a natural filtering principal, this mix of modern design and nature is a mini eco-system able to recycle and regenerate gray water.»

In our continuing efforts to be environmentally friendly, we use a state of the art water treatment system that allows gray water to be used for irrigation, helping to conserve precious resources, and a water purification system that makes the water from all taps drinkable, reducing plastic bottle usage.

John notes in an earlier post that gray water re-use is, well, a gray area.

Basically, they added three quantities: the consumption of rainwater (the so - called green water footprint); the use of ground - and surface water (blue); and the volume of gray water polluted (and therefore depleted).

Rainwater or reused water from bathing or kitchen activities — often called gray water — provides a method for replacing fresh water in toilet flushing and yard irrigation that could, the authors say, cut household water use by 50 percent or more.

One shows Ms. Chang standing thigh deep in frigid gray water, sponging down a dead whale found washed up on an island off Newfoundland.

Her groundbreaking, remediative sculptural environments were designed as ecological filters to cleanse gray water, urban storm water and agricultural runoff.

So it's not such a big deal; properly installed, nobody is going to be drinking green water from the tap, and it is unlikely kids are going to be playing in gray water sprinklers.

She will save up to eight gallons of water each day by turning off the faucet when brushing her teeth, will use toilet tank banks to reduce the amount of water flushed, and will harvest household gray water.

«We pump gray water into a pressure tank,» he says.

, the same gray water can be used to cleanse the urinal basin.

Off the grid options include propane or generator power, solar power, composting toilets, and gray water solutions.

Water efficiency is about flushing high - efficiency toilets and growing your trees and flowers with rainwater or gray water instead of high quality drinking water.

Via:: Access North Georgia, «Scientist cautions against gray water use as drought drags on» Image credit:: Beach Cast, Fecal Coliform

While 13 states have laws that allow regulated gray water use, Georgia does NOT.

We are going to have to learn to live with these compromises, to manage gray water systems and rainwater collection systems; this just a small step further.

The Van Peebles trade in the Lincoln Navigator for a hybrid, install solar panels and solar tubes, add gray water recycling, filtering sink and shower water for the garden, and compost.

Clivus Multrum also has an interesting gray water processing system; put them together and stop exporting your waste to somebody else's backyard.

Nexus eWater, of Canberra, Australia, was a runner - up for the Pre-Revenue track for developing a solution which «harnesses the power of a home's wastewater stream by converting gray water into near - potable water, while recycling the water's energy for hot water heating.»

We love how «Wastewater taken from the city's sewage system is treated through a series of filters, then sterilized, yielding gray water — which is not drinkable but can be used for irrigation.

I have learned much from it and you have really helped me to learn alot more about heating and cooling a tiny home: gray water removal / mitigation: Where to live in a tiny home: and best practices on tiny house construction.

Comparison of continuous flows of gray water through an IBF versus intermittent flow found no significant difference in rate of pollutant attenuation.

We would re-capture the remaining stormwater and re-use for gray water needs.

Table 2 lists the BOD levels for the treated versus untreated gray waters associated with the pollutant attenuation studies.

A grid consisting of 1/2 inch PVC was constructed to distribute gray water uniformly across the surface of each roof (Figs. 3 and 4).

Irrigation system is on gray water.

The reACT home also produces clean water through rainwater and gray water collection and treatment systems.

Check it out — I want one.As is typical for Peak Moment TV, the folks who brought us shows on backyard permaculture, protecting your money in a declining economy, or creating safe, legal gray water, the level of detail these guys get into may be more appealing to the geeks among us.

Using a natural filtering principal, this mix of modern design and nature is a mini eco-system able to recycle and regenerate gray water.

It directs the State Water Resources Control Board to offer local governments a framework for regulating the treatment of alternate water sources, such as gray water and stormwater, to be consistent with public health standards.

Of particular note is the variability of fecal coliform concentrations which were not detected in samples of gray water from the studies» multiple washing machine runs, but which were detected in all of the shower samples.