Several Southern California Surfrider chapters came together to reexamine the ecological realities of water as they exist today, which looks quite different from when we were in grade school.
Take a look…
The Cycle of Insanity: The Real Story of Water – TRAILER 1 from Surfrider Foundation San Diego C on Vimeo.
Reusing the waste water from your washing machine or shower in your garden seems like a no-brainer for anyone living in Southern California. You would be surprised, however, by just how challenging it can be to “do the right thing” in “the right way” (meaning: complying with regulatory codes).
Photo credit: Jeremy Levine Design, www.jeremylevine.com
Good people have been working diligently for a long time to change restrictive regulations and remove some barriers to entry for those of us who want to recycle what precious little water we can get down here in the deserts of Southern California.
The good news is: more lenient regulations appear to be just around the corner…
As long as you plan for a system that generates less than 250 gallons per day and the water is used only on-site, you’re well on your way to graying (or greening) your water. There are, however, a total of 12 guidelines in a new piece of legislation that appears to be slated for approval in early August.
Check out this detailed post from the Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog: More Lenient Gray Water Regulations.
Watch as Susan Carpenter of the Los Angeles Times grapples with the difficulties of using waste water from a bathtub on a daily basis.
The water heading down the drain in your house is commonly called “Gray Water,” and while the idea is perfectly simple (redirect perfectly useful waste water to your yard or garden), the actual practice can be downright confounding.
Here Susan uses a product called the Enviro Water Boy.
Also, the LA Times appears to be experimenting with the use of short form video content.
Click here for mor info about the Enviro Water Boy.
