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That water is cleaned to within an inch of its life. Pumped for miles and then treated before being returned to the river. The same goes for the gallons of wate
by VBprogrammer 7y ago
That water is cleaned to within an inch of its life. Pumped for miles and then treated before being returned to the river. The same goes for the gallons of water which is used for showering.
Grey water could easily be reused for flushing or watering plants.
- Scoundreller 7y agoTechnically easy, but economically terrible if you bother with the permits, sign-offs and buying an approved system when you effectively can’t DIY. I’m waiting for WalMart or Amazon to sell an elegant $500 incinerating toilet and $500 gray water system that’s approved and just needs pipe/power connections. We have the tech to run homes without any sewer connections. Solutions right now seem to be priced/targeted at situations where buyers have no choice.
- lostapathy 7y agoWhen I use the sink now, the water ends up right where it started, and the next town downstream can use it too. If I watered plants and didn't let the water return to the river, the next town downstream wouldn't be able to do the same thing. For them, it's objectively better for me to send it back to the river than give it to the atmosphere via plants.
- quotemstr 7y agoWater doesn't just disappear when plants take it up by the roots.