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Greywater on "Ask This Old House" T.V. show!

Date: 
Feb 1, 2012

Watch an "Ask This Old House" episode about greywater recycling on-line, featuring Laura Allen of Greywater Action.

Rain gardens in This Old House Magazine

Date: 
Aug 25, 2011

Extensive article and resources on rain gardens in This Old House.

King County Board of Health to allow rainwater as sole source for residential drinking water (Washington State)

Date: 
Aug 2, 2011

July 21st

The King County Board of Health on Thursday approved an environmental sustainability measure that opens new opportunities for the use of rainwater captured from roofs as the sole residential water source.

From Laundry to Landscape: Tap into Greywater. in Mother Earth News

Date: 
Jul 27, 2011

Greywater article in Mother Earth News by Laura Allen and Cleo Woelfle-Erskine.

Greywater Action at the Maker's Faire

Date: 
May 18, 2011

Greywater Action will be at the Maker's Faire with our life-size greywater system, mini rainbarrels, and portable composting toilet. Maybe we'll see you there too!

Hydro-Laboratory in the Tenderloin National Forest

Date: 
May 15, 2011

Cleo Woelfle-Erskine and other Greywater Guerrillas will hold a one-day water art-science extravaganza May 15 in San Francisco. Please join us!

San Francisco provides incentives for greywater systems

Date: 
May 12, 2011

The San Francisco PUC puts out a manual on greywater (downloadable) and provides free parts for SF residents to install greywater system. See their site for details.

In Tucson, saving the bathwater too

Date: 
Mar 7, 2011

Time.com's series on intelligent cities looks at greywater reuse in Tucson, Arizona.

Gray water systems growing in popularity, ingenuity and ease of installation

Date: 
Feb 9, 2011

in the Contra Costa Times.

Greywater Report looks at wastewater's potential

Date: 
Dec 16, 2010

Greywater report from the Pacific Institute looks at the potential water savings from greywater.