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Fighting the Drought with Greywater
In Los Angeles, each resident typically uses about 70 gallons of water a day, and a lot of it goes to waste — down the drain after you've washed your clothes or taken a bath. Greywater systems can recover about 40 gallons — a big saving in these increasingly dry times.
By Warren Olney • • 13m ListenIn Los Angeles, each resident typically uses about 70 gallons of water a day, and a lot of it goes to waste — down the drain after you've washed your clothes or taken a bath. Greywater systems can recover about 40 gallons — a big saving in these increasingly dry times. Two Los Angeles city councilmen want to make it easier to install greywater systems: Mike Bonin and Paul Krekorian, who joins us.
