How to Reuse Your Home's Waste Water | Green Living

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Hi, Alegre from Ember Living, here today to talk about how to reuse waste water in your home. Whenever we talk about green living we're always talking about how to maximize your use of resources. And one great way is to use water as much as you can. Now, when water comes out of the faucet it's clean, pure, drinkable water. And when you wash your hands with it, it becomes what's called "gray water". Gray water is something that can usually be used easily in other parts of your house, especially if you have a garden.

So as long as you're using earth-friendly soaps and detergents and stuff when you're washing your hands or washing your hair, you can just take that water in the bucket and take it outside to your garden and water your plants with it. Now once water becomes what's known as "black water", waste water, that would be water in your toilet or whatever, obviously you don't want to mess with that. Black water needs to go to the municipal treatment plant. Now you should of course check with your municipality about what is legal to do with gray water. Some municipalities are more flexible in terms of your use of gray water.

[carlosperesdacosta]

I found your presentation very elementary. You should comment on how to filter soapwater, water with oil from cleaning your frying pans etc.

[wolfinator]

Thanks Howcast, this has helped me on my assignments.

[ericsoles]

filters system and water heating system in and out the sinks and shower tub

[DavidJohnson-dclu]

Megan Markle lookalike, but this is very simple, nothing about filtering.