Create Your Own Water-Wise Home and Landscape (Arcata)

Learn how to conserve and reuse water in your own home and landscape at this free event.   From reusing greywater, to collecting rainwater, to installing waterless composting toilets, simple alterations can transform our home water systems. A recent study found that households saved an average of 15,000 gallons a year after installing greywater system. […]

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(Alameda) Water-Wise Home and Garden (free presentation)

Laura Allen, co-founder of Greywater Action and author of The Water-Wise Home: How to Conserve, Capture, and Reuse Water in your Home and Landscape, will present a free talk on how to create your own water-wise home and landscape (with greywater, rainwater, and composting toilets). With simple plumbing alterations and smart landscape changes, every home has the potential to create a sustainable water supply […]

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(San Mateo) FULL: Water Wise Home Workshop (free)

Water Wise Home Workshop (This workshop is full) Create Your Own Water-Wise Home and Landscape Presentation by Laura Allen, author of the Water Wise Home With simple plumbing alterations and smart landscape changes, every home has the potential to create a sustainable water supply with an ecologically productive landscape. From reusing greywater, to collecting rainwater, […]

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(LA) Book release event: Create Your Water-Wise Home and Landscape

How to create your own water-wise home and landscape (book release event and presentation) With simple plumbing alterations and smart landscape changes, every home has the potential to create a sustainable water supply with an ecologically productive landscape. From reusing greywater, to collecting rainwater, to installing waterless composting toilets, our collective efforts can transform our […]

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(Berkeley) Create Your Own Water-Wise Home and Landscape

From reusing greywater, to collecting rainwater, to installing waterless composting toilets, simple alterations can transform our home water systems. A recent study found that households saved an average of 15,000 gallons a year after installing greywater system. This presentation will teach you how you can transform your own home so it conserves and reuses our […]

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(Benicia) Create Your Own Water-Wise Home and Landscape

Create Your Own Water-Wise Home and Landscape With simple plumbing alterations and smart landscape changes, every home has the potential to create a sustainable water supply with an ecologically productive landscape. From reusing greywater, to collecting rainwater, to installing waterless composting toilets, our collective efforts can transform our home water systems. A recent study found […]

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(Los Altos) Create Your Own Water-Wise Home and Landscape

Create Your Own Water-Wise Home and Landscape With simple plumbing alterations and smart landscape changes, every home has the potential to create a sustainable water supply with an ecologically productive landscape. From reusing greywater, to collecting rainwater, to installing waterless composting toilets, our collective efforts can transform our home water systems. A recent study found […]

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David Christopher

David grew up in South Carolina and earned a B.S. (2010) and M.S. (2012) in civil engineering from Clemson University. His master’s research involved greywater treatment and reuse, which is how he learned about Greywater Action. David now works as a Project Engineer with a consulting firm in Charleston, SC, and is a licensed Professional […]

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Tour of the forum

Greywater Action’s Q&A Forum This question and answer forum is moderated by Greywater Action. The goal of this forum is to support people to install, maintain, and live with sustainable water systems. Anyone can view it, registered users can post questions and answers. To ask a question: Please read and register If you just want to […]

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Where can I find sawdust?

The ideal type of sawdust is from a sawmill. Unfortunately, this type of sawdust is not available to many urban residents. Wood working shops that cut raw, kiln-dried wood (no pressure treated wood, no plywood, no painted wood) create sawdust and will usually give it away. Call around and ask. Be ready to drop off […]

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