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Installation of Greywater Systems in New Construction and Remodeling
Reliable, Economical, Sanitary Distribution of Household Greywater to Downhill Plants without Filtration or Pumping
Oasis Design, 2001.
50-page booklets, $14.50 each
Available from:
Oasis Design,
5 San Marcos Trout Club
Santa Barbara, CA 931-5-9726
805-967-9956; [email protected];
www.oasisdesign.net
IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN ARID climates or those creating their own off-grid utilities, vital aspects of sustainability are water catchment, water storage, and water re-use. Enter the Oasis Greywater booklets, which describe how you can double your water resources by irrigating your garden with reused wash water.
When author Art Ludwig was a teenager, he moved out to a shed in his family's back yard in Santa Barbara. His water supply was one hose bib, and he taught himself enough plumbing to run a completely independent household until he went off to study ecological design at U.C. Berkeley. His thesis there was: "Every house can be surrounded with an oasis of biological productivity nourished by...