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Webinar: Incorporating Greywater Installations into Your Landscaping Business
17th February 2016 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Greywater Webinar Series Part 2
We’re starting out the year with a fabulous new webinar series covering more advanced greywater topics, relevant for both the homeowner and professional. One registration will enable you to view all six webinars, either live or recorded after they air.
If you attend the live webinar you will be able to ask questions directly to the presenters.
The webinars will be held live from 4-5pm on Wednesdays (dates below).
- January 20th. Greywater Irrigation and Plant Health
- February 3rd. Installing Simple Pumped Greywater Systems
- February 17th. Incorporating Greywater Installations into Your Landscaping Business.
- March 2nd: Commercial-Scale Greywater Systems
- March 16th: Whole-House Residential Greywater Systems
- March 30. Understanding the California Plumbing Code for Greywater
Cost: Fee for the series is $50 to $150 sliding-scale*.
Register here (more info on series topics below)
This event is co-sponsored by NorCal Community Resilience Network and Transition US
*Wondering what sliding-scale means? A sliding-scale fee means that participants choose the amount to pay along the scale (between $50 and $150). People who can afford to pay more help subsidize people who can’t afford it. This helps us keep our workshops affordable to more people. We thank you for paying as high as you are able to on the scale.
Incorporating Greywater Installations into Your Landscaping Business
- February 17th
Landscape professionals working in the residential sector are uniquely positioned to offer greywater irrigation systems to their clients. Landscape contractor Alan Hackler will share his experience of how to incorporate greywater systems into a landscape business, including info on contracts, client expectations, and marketing. He’ll discuss how he began with simple washing machine systems and expanded to complex systems over time, he’ll share challenges and lessons learned, success stories, and how greywater has benefited his business.
Presenter: Alan Hackler is a passionate gardener and licensed landscape contractor from San Jose, Ca. He has been a certified greywater installer since 2010 and has installed over 50 systems in the bay area. Alan is also LEED accredited, an ARCSA member, and has also completed training in Permaculture design, and natural building techniques.
Commercial-scale Greywater Systems: Case studies from Orenco Systems and ReWater
- March 2nd
Orenco’s AdvanTex Greywater Recycling Systems treat greywater to levels that allow it to be used for toilet flushing, cooling towers, water features, and landscape irrigation. Learn more about how these systems work and where you can use them.
ReWater has designed and installed high-end residential and commercial greywater irrigation systems since 1990. Founder Steve Bilson will discuss the technical details of a ReWater System, costs, installation skills needed, water savings, and maintenance needs with the case study of a systems installed in Santa Monica at the NRDC headquarters.
Whole-House Residential Greywater Systems
- March 16th
Whole house greywater systems collect greywater from showers, sinks, and washing machines, filter it and distribute it through drip irrigation. Systems like Nexus E-Water treat the water so it can be used for toilet flushing or spray irrigation (NSF 350 certified), IrriGRAY systems can be monitored on your smartphone, and GreyFlo’s filter is cleaned with compressed air (bypassing a common concern from regulators regarding potential cross-connection issues). Learn about these three different whole house greywater systems in this informative webinar, with founders of the companies presenting on their products. We’ll cover costs, maintenance, installation requirements, water savings, and general pros and cons of the systems.
Understanding the California Plumbing Code for Greywater
- March 30
This presentation will take an in-depth look at the California greywater code, how to get a permit, and learn about efforts across the state to make legal installations easier for residents.
Presenter: Laura Allen is a founding member of Greywater Action and has spent the past 15 years exploring low-tech, urban,sustainable water solutions. She is the lead author of the San Francisco Graywater Design Guidelines for Outdoor Irrigation, and authored The Water-Wise Home: How to Conserve and Reuse Water in Your Home and Landscape (Storey Press, 2015). She has a BA in environmental science, a teaching credential, and a master’s degree in education. Laura leads classes and workshops on rainwater harvesting, greywater reuse, and composting toilets. Laura has presented widely on greywater reuse, including at the Water Smart Innovations Conference, Bioneers, California Environmental Health Association conference, and California Landscape Contractors Association conference. She’s participated in state greywater code developments in California and Washington State and was on a committee to write a draft composting toilet code for IAPMO. Laura was featured in an Ask This Old House episode on greywater and was the 2014 recipient of the Silicon Valley Water Conservation Award of Water Champion.
Cancellation Policy
If you can’t make the live broadcast date you can still view a recording of the webinar after it’s happened. If you would like to cancel your purchase entirely, we offer a partial refund on advance cancellations.
If canceled
- Three business days or more prior to the webinar date – 75% refund
- Two business days through the webinar broadcast start time – no refund
- Any time after the webinar broadcast – no refund
All cancellations must be in writing and must include:
- Name of registrant
- Email address