Turf at College - How to Irrigate with Greywater?
Subject: System for watering college turf with greywater
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001
From: Art Ludwig <Oasis Design>
To: conor mehan <conormehan©hotmail.com>
Conor Mehan from Los Angeles, Calif., writes. He lives at 1000 ft. elevation
in
an area with little more rainfall than a desert. The perk rate is high. Conor
wants
to reuse shower water:
> Where would one start to explore this alternative given all current water
> consumption figures and prices? What about pumps and filters for storage?
> This is an independent study that has good potential of becoming a reality
at
> this school, Pitzer College. Any help would make me a happy man. Thanks.
Conor,
What you want is a rapid sand filter to geoflow subsurface drip irrigation
tubing.
Check out the earthstar system from http://www.realgoods.com
Small, but perhaps suitable for a scale model trial.
Good luck,
Art
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