Saturday, April 14, 2007

Domestic Grey water reuse

United News of IndiaDhar, July 19:

Grey water reuse is one of the alternatives of water resource management to overcome water scarcity. Grey water is defined as water emanating from bathroom, kitchen and laundry. The water from bathroom is collected and treated in simple filtration system. The advantages of household water reuse system are reduction in water requirements, availability of water for non-potable purposes, minimization of sewage generation and also helps save water. Treated grey water reuse system can also be used for flushing toilets and gardening.This is also being promoted by UNICEF in Ashram schools of Dhar and Jhabua. The simple water reuse household system was inaugurated by a child named Sartaj in presence of Cynthia de Windt, State Representative UNICEF office for Madhya Pradesh at the house of Dr Samuel Godfrey Project Officer UNICEF. The installed domestic grey water reuse system can help treat 200 liters of grey water everyday and can be useful for irrigating plants and garden.

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