Green Options » black water http://greenoptions.com/tag/black-water Posts tagged 'black water' Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:59:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Building a DIY Wetland http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/09/07/building-a-diy-wetland/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/09/07/building-a-diy-wetland/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:59:38 +0000 Philip Proefrock http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/09/07/building-a-diy-wetland/ A family in Australia has created their own tiny wetland as a part of a household grey water system.  It is a fairly large DIY project, but, as the article demonstrates, not an overwhelming project.  The writer even enlisted his young children to help in the construction.

Black water is toilet waste and other water that requires more substantial treatment.  Grey water is non-sewer waste water from washing clothes and showers and the like.  Although in most homes, both black water and grey water go into the sewer system and are handled in water treatment plants with the same processing, grey water really requires much less treatment. It is possible to find other uses for grey water, including using the water for toilet flushing or for irrigation.

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