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State of DE Giving Away Greywater
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Posted by Dicentra SE PA z6B (My Page) on Wed, Aug 21, 02 at 23:09
| This is a step in the right direction...besides the state of Delaware being under mandatory water restrictions and having tip numbers to report abusers.... Delaware is also giving out greywater to nurseries, golf courses, etc..for use in watering plants! I thought it was pretty neat when Massachusettes had composting toilets in their visitors centers. They must have some gardenwebbers working in local government around the nation, finally...LOL. |
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RE: State of DE Giving Away Greywater
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| I wish that New Mexico would let homeowners use graywater for watering trees and the like. There are no programs like you have in your state to use it in nurseries either. Composting toilets are the norm for visitor centers and rest stops though. It would be good if they could become the norm in housing as well. Perhaps set aside as an added on room so the proper ventilation (the key to keeping them pleasant) would be possible. The cities and counties are focusing on reducing overall water use and as good deal of that will be landscape changes. Santa Fe has actual water restrictions and landscaping can only be watered at specific times on certain days. No grass can be watered (grass is not part of the normal landscape there) and fines will be inflicted on any that break these restrictions. Albuquerque publishes lists of the biggest residential water users. as a shame device. It tends to get those homes re-landscaped with xeric plants pretty quickly. ;-> Drought is a normal thing here. There are cycles of wet years and then dry years. The pressure on the water supply is due to people (in large numbers) moving in to a dry state and expecting to have lawns like they did in the Midwest or on the East coast. Population pressure is an issue. There is only so much ground water here and the aquifers are dropping yearly. The state is beginning to deal with it and I hope that the whole country takes a look at their water usage with an eye to conserving and protecting the water supply. Fireraven9
Gutta cavat lapidem (Dripping water hollows out a stone) - Ovid |
RE: State of DE Giving Away Greywater
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Hey, Fireraven,
I'm in S. Valley of Albq., and sometimes those water restrictions just don't work. A friend's mom lives in SF, and she sees the rich folks watering their lawns (yes, lawns!) every time she visits. They can afford the fines, so they use all the water they want. There should be stiffer punishments, like turning off their water a few hours a day. |
RE: State of DE Giving Away Greywater
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| I have a well (after many years of hauling water) but if I use too much it could go dry. We have no lawn and the native meadow is left to cope as best as it can. It greened up pretty well when the rains came and I believe that native grasses are the way to go if you must have grass. Perhaps Santa Fe could do metered water ... a given quantity for each person in the household and you have to apply for more if you have guests or something. Use up the days total water allotment and it shuts off until midnight. Or maybe weekly as people may do several loads of laundry in a given day. It sounds draconian, but it would work. Fireraven9
Fairest of the months! Ripe summer's queen
The hey-day of the year
With robes that gleam with sunny sheen
Sweet August doth appear. - R. Combe Miller |
re: state of de giving away greywater/new mexico
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| There is a special presentation on using gray water presented by the Back Yard Tree Farmers ... (names changed to protect privacy) "XXXXX XXXXX of BYTF will host this meeting at his home on Saturday, September
14th 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. His improved water system allows reuse of gray
water for surface irrigation. This system could be extended to even purify
black water. You will be able to watch this entire wastewater treatment
system in action, which produces potable water and allows him to use liquid
waste. YYY YYYYYYYY, XXXXXX's Contractor from ZZZZZZ Septic, will also be on
hand to answer questions. Bring your lunch and drinks." I am happy to see this! We do not have city sewer here and there is no good reason to waste the water! Fireraven9
The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town. - Emily Dickinson |
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