Learn how to reduce water use in your home and build systems that reuse the water you do use.
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Laura Allen is the author of The Waterwise Home and cofounder of Greywater Action, a collaborative of educators who teach residents and tradespeople about affordable and simple household water systems that dramatically reduce water use and foster sustainable cultures of water. She leads classes and workshops, including the first training program for professional greywater installers, and participates in writing state government greywater and composting toilet codes. She lives in Eugene, Oregon.
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Part 1 Water Wise Basics Chapter 1 Why Conserve Water? Reasons to Conserve Water Where Does Your Water Come From? What's a Water Wise Home? Chapter 2 What's Wrong with Our Water Systems? The Good News and Bad News Sources of Water Why Is Water Scarce? Sewage Treatment and Stormwater Pollution When Rain Pollutes: Stormwater A Better Water Future Chapter 3 Saving Water in the Home and Landscape Cultivating a Water Conserving Ethic Fix the Leaks! The Mini Makeover Does Your Landscape Have a Drinking Problem? Designing a Water Wise Landscape Irrigation Systems Greywater, Rainwater, and Waterless Toilets Part 2 Water Wise Solutions Chapter 4 Greywater Reuse: Planning Your Home System Identify Your Greywater Sources Your Home's Drain, Waste, and Vent System Estimate Your Greywater Flows Find the Flow Rates of Faucets, Showerheads, and Washing Machines Soil Structure and Type Identify Your Soil with a Soil Ribbon Test Mulch Basins Choosing Plants for Greywater Irrigation How Much Water Do My Plants Want? System Design Consideration Plant Friendly Soaps When Greywater Is Not a Great Idea Using Greywater to Flush Health and Safety Considerations Codes and Regulations Chapter 5 Installing Your Greywater System Choosing a Greywater System Laundry to Landscape (L2L) System Installing an L2L Irrigation System Irrigation Options Branch Drain Gravity Fed System (Without Storage) Installing a Branched Drain System How to Wire an Actuator Greywater System with Tank and Pump Building a Pumped System Manufactured Greywater Systems Other Types of Greywater Systems Plumbing Basics for Greywater Installation Chapter 6 Rainwater Harvesting: Planning Your System How Will You Use the Rainwater? Keeping Rainwater in Your Landscape: Permeable Hardscape and Rain Gardens Roofwater Collection Basci Components of a Catchment System Using Rain Indoors Rainwater Containers Codes and Regulations Chapter 7 Building Rainwater Harvesting Systems Planning and Designing a Rain Garden Constructing a Rain Garden Roofwater Collection Systems Converting a Single 55 Gallon Barrel Connecting Rain Barrels Together: A Daisy Chain Installing an Aboveground Plastic Rainwater Tank Irrigation Systems Chapter 8 Waterless and Composting Toilets Composting Is Composting Toilet Types Composting Toilets and the Law Using Urine as Fertilizer Choosing a Composting Toilet Building a Sawdust Bucket Toilet Building a Urine Diverting Toilet Compost Piles and Bins Building a Barrel Composting Chamber with Netting Resources Acknowledgements Index
Part 1 Water Wise Basics Chapter 1 Why Conserve Water? Reasons to Conserve Water Where Does Your Water Come From? What's a Water Wise Home? Chapter 2 What's Wrong with Our Water Systems? The Good News and Bad News Sources of Water Why Is Water Scarce? Sewage Treatment and Stormwater Pollution When Rain Pollutes: Stormwater A Better Water Future Chapter 3 Saving Water in the Home and Landscape Cultivating a Water Conserving Ethic Fix the Leaks! The Mini Makeover Does Your Landscape Have a Drinking Problem? Designing a Water Wise Landscape Irrigation Systems Greywater, Rainwater, and Waterless Toilets Part 2 Water Wise Solutions Chapter 4 Greywater Reuse: Planning Your Home System Identify Your Greywater Sources Your Home's Drain, Waste, and Vent System Estimate Your Greywater Flows Find the Flow Rates of Faucets, Showerheads, and Washing Machines Soil Structure and Type Identify Your Soil with a Soil Ribbon Test Mulch Basins Choosing Plants for Greywater Irrigation How Much Water Do My Plants Want? System Design Consideration Plant Friendly Soaps When Greywater Is Not a Great Idea Using Greywater to Flush Health and Safety Considerations Codes and Regulations Chapter 5 Installing Your Greywater System Choosing a Greywater System Laundry to Landscape (L2L) System Installing an L2L Irrigation System Irrigation Options Branch Drain Gravity Fed System (Without Storage) Installing a Branched Drain System How to Wire an Actuator Greywater System with Tank and Pump Building a Pumped System Manufactured Greywater Systems Other Types of Greywater Systems Plumbing Basics for Greywater Installation Chapter 6 Rainwater Harvesting: Planning Your System How Will You Use the Rainwater? Keeping Rainwater in Your Landscape: Permeable Hardscape and Rain Gardens Roofwater Collection Basci Components of a Catchment System Using Rain Indoors Rainwater Containers Codes and Regulations Chapter 7 Building Rainwater Harvesting Systems Planning and Designing a Rain Garden Constructing a Rain Garden Roofwater Collection Systems Converting a Single 55 Gallon Barrel Connecting Rain Barrels Together: A Daisy Chain Installing an Aboveground Plastic Rainwater Tank Irrigation Systems Chapter 8 Waterless and Composting Toilets Composting Is Composting Toilet Types Composting Toilets and the Law Using Urine as Fertilizer Choosing a Composting Toilet Building a Sawdust Bucket Toilet Building a Urine Diverting Toilet Compost Piles and Bins Building a Barrel Composting Chamber with Netting Resources Acknowledgements Index
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