A depiction of a typical Laundry-to-Landscape System.

Greywater Systems

Greywater is gently used water from your bathroom sinks, showers, tubs, and washing machines. It is not water that has come from toilets, kitchen sinks, or from washing diapers.

While greywater may look “dirty,” it is a safe and even beneficial source of irrigation water in a yard. Aside from the obvious benefits of saving water (and money on your water bill.) reusing your greywater keeps it out of the sewer or septic system, thereby reducing the chance that it will pollute local water bodies. Reusing greywater for irrigation reconnects humans and our backyard gardens to the natural water cycle.

Installing a greywater system may require a change in your use of cleaning products.  In any greywater system, it is essential to use “plant friendly” cleaning products (free of salts, boron, or chlorine bleach). It is also important to monitor "natural” body products, which often contain substances toxic to humans.

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Efficient Irrigation Systems

Let's face it.  When the drought hit, the first thing to go was our landscapes.  It  is a natural reaction, but in most cases, killing our yards is an unnecessary over-reaction.  Combining greywater/rainwater irrigation, landscape redesign (to include native/low-water plantings and soil optimization), and efficient irrigation systems is a way to create and maintain a sustainable and beautiful landscape.

Technologies for efficient irrigation systems have improved drastically recently.  If your irrigation system is over 10 years old, call GREENWISE and let us have a look.  Perhaps we can bring your yard back to life!

An example of an irrigation system design.

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