As the city struggles to cope with a growing demand for water, it finds that its lakes and tanks are frothing and foaming and even catching fire. As a policy measure it considers making the reuse of treated wastewater mandatory for even small apartments. Even individual homes can make a difference and have atleast a greywater reuse system. Here is how.

Clean water flows into your home and it is used for bathing. The washing machine tumbles around clothes and uses up the clean water. You brush your teeth and wash your face and then there is used water. All this used water is called greywater. For a time, the water from your kitchen sink would also qualify as greywater. If it is just used for rinsing vegetables or dishes it still does. However, if there is grease on the dishes and utensils and food left over, it tends to be equated with black water i.e. water from the toilets.

All the greywater can be put to reuse. Here is how you approach the business of recycling greywater or used water. It becomes especially easy in a home being built if incorporated at the design stage........................Read more

Source: The Hindu