After much soul-searching, we have decided to put our money where our mouths are, and buy in to a grey water system from Ecoshift.ca. Grey water comprises up to 80% of water waste from homes. It is neither fresh water, nor "black water" (i.e. water with feces, chemicals, etc.). A grey water system diverts the water from your shower, bath and bathroom sinks, filters it, and uses it to flush the toilets. While we won't save any money by doing this - there are no incentive programs just yet - on the bright side, we'll have a lovely 250L tank in the basement, and we'll flush our toilets with water that otherwise would have just gone down the drain. We aim to do our part to avoid wasting water, because we don't want to make David Suzuki cry.
While our contractor Mark admitted that we were the first house that he had outfitted with grey water, it's been a cinch to re-plumb the house in order to make it work. Our plumber has labeled the "grey water" pipes going into the toilet with "do not drink", which should make things clear, right?
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