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Re: water, recycling...

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Check out this list of resources:

http://www.cityfarmer.org/comptoilet64.html#toilet

where I found:

http://www.greywater.com/

HTH with the H20,

Frank Teuton

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrea <andrea@gravitt.org>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: water, recycling...


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>>If you mean your toilet water, I have
>>read that grey water will transmit disease to your soil.
>
>Gray water specificly excludes toilets, which is called "black water." And,
>yes, it can very easily transmit disease. Which is why human or household
>pet animal wastes are not to go into the compost pile.
>
>Many places have regulations concerning gray water. I don't know what mine
>are but I intend to find out. Normally, gray water includes the kitchen
sink
>and the bathtub, which could contain various bacteria. I am going to
>experiment with bath water, but only because I am not concerned about the
>possibility of transmitting my own bacteria to myself. (And this is
>minimized by not using it on root vegetables or leaf crops, that have
direct
>soil contact.) I actually think that the logistics of using it will keep me
>from doing a whole lot.
>
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