On May 14th, Daily Acts and Laura Allen, founding member of Greywater Action, teamed up to bring you a stellar overview of greywater concepts.

Within our homes there are many avenues to be able able to re-use water in ways that are beneficial for our environment, our treatment facilities, and our wallet; don’t you want to be able to pay for something once and use it twice?! Through simple design and creativity you can easily take advantage of greywater! Greywater is gently used water from your bathroom sinks, showers, tubs, and washing machines. It’s a valuable resource that can help your garden flourish.

During this webinar, Laura Allen walks us through the greywater basics and the various systems that can be utilized and maintained for all to benefit from. She explains laundry-to-landscape systems, branched drain systems, calculating your water use and irrigation needs, and more!

Laura Allen is a founding member of Greywater Action and has spent the past 20 years exploring low-tech sustainable water solutions. She authored The Water-Wise Home: How to Conserve and Reuse Water in Your Home and Landscape and Greywater, Green Landscape (Storey Press). Laura leads classes and workshops on rainwater harvesting, greywater reuse, and composting toilets, and works on policies and codes for water reuse systems in the west. Tune in to skill-up and save water!