With parts of California already asking for voluntary water conservation, the New York Times has an interesting article about using gray water and installing home gray water systems to not only reduce water use, but also to create backyard wetlands that can filter that gray water and make it useable to feed gardens and fruit trees. The article focuses on a home in our very own backyard of Oakland California.
It is all pretty tricky, and some of it is illegal if not done with the proper permits.
But, in this time of what seems like near drought in California, this article is an interesting read for all you home owning, do it yourselfers.
Read the article here.
