Waste water harvesting
and treatment for 100 % reuse
More than ninety percent of what goes down the sewer is water.
There are many good EPA approved waste water treatment systems
available now. If possible, especially in a new home capture,
treat and reuse all waste water, grey and black. A waste water
treatment system can be cut into the sewer drain between the
home and the sewer point in sewered area. The treated water
can then be pumped in underground dripper systems to the whole
garden. Reverse osmosis filtering and UV treatment will make
recycled water drinkable again, if rainfall diminishes.
Llewellyn Pritchard, Director
of Conscious Homes is an ESD consultant, registered Architect,
a registered Builder (Domestic Unlimited and Commercial Unlimited),
an HIA Greensmart Builder and writer. Conscious Homes won the 2006
National
HIA Greensmart Resource Efficiency Housing Award.
