April, 2015
Lincoln -- California has recently imposed new, mandatory water conservation restrictions. Colorado has passed legislation promoting graywater as a water conservation measure.
The Council of State Governments is circulating Colorado's graywater statute as model state legislation for other states to consider. Nebraska and other neighboring states should look into it.
We have a working graywater system that uses rainwater as the original water source, so the graywater recycling is actually a second bite at the water conservation apple.
Water may become alarmingly scarce. Local governments should explore these low-cost technologies and builders should become more familiar with them. They work. We are always pleased to share experiences and information about local suppliers who can provide water collection and filtration systems. However, there are no local suppliers who provide the safest graywater equipment or have experience with it. This could change if state and local leaders were to pass model legislation to promote this water conservation technology.
