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Storm drains do need some flow to keep them clear. Grey water systems seem most viable at the water district level, e.g. water treatment plant recycles clean w
by ip26 5y ago
Storm drains do need some flow to keep them clear.
Grey water systems seem most viable at the water district level, e.g. water treatment plant recycles clean water from drains back into the fresh supply. This is what some cities in Nevada are doing.
A grey water system in your house would be a duplicate set of plumbing, and you’d have a hard time keeping it clean & unclogged in the long run. The scale is small so the cost efficiency would be poor compared to district level.
- robomartin 5y agoI don't think what I am proposing would prevent water from hitting the storm drains. For example, my neighbors, the ones blasting water onto their laws, they would use recycled water instead of clean drinking water. This problem is complicated because homes are not designed with extra space for what in commercial buildings is called "mechanicals". A room or more where building systems are housed and maintained. If I were to ever build my own home I would likely design a room, about the size of a two car garage, to house such systems. Anything from water recycling to batteries, heating, cooling, network, etc. I would probably make it an extension of the traditional two car garage just so that it is conveniently located with access to both tools and easy entry/exit of large items when you have to repair or replace something. Pretty much every home in my neighborhood could easily have this. They simply were not thinking this way.