Sentences with phrase «re-using toilet water»

Although recycling or re-using toilet water, or «black water» — about one - third of water use in the average household — is difficult, although not impossible, because of bacterial contamination, grey water from baths, showers, sinks, dishwashers and laundry machines can be treated and used to flush toilets, water plants and gardens, even wash clothes.

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Thanks to a space station - inspired water treatment system, water is purified and re-used for the showers, the toilets, and washing machine.

There are good reasons for using composting toilets and for bringing them into the mainstream; all of the other water that we use in a home can be treated as grey water and re-used for irrigation, green roofs and other useful things.

I also compost, use energy efficient light bulbs, re-use the water from my de-humidifier to water plants, and we replaced the flapper in the toilet with one that uses less water to flush.

We re-used all the fixtures in here, but we did get a new water saving dual flush toilet.