General Greywater Resources

Publications

The New Create an Oasis with Greywater: Your Complete Guide to Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systems–Includes Branched Drains, by Art Ludwig. Oasis Design, 2006, www.oasisdesign.net.

Oasis Builder’s Greywater Guide: Installation of Greywater Systems in New Construction and Remodeling, by Art Ludwig. Oasis Design, 2006, www.oasisdesign.net.

Water from the Sky, by Michael Reynolds. Solar Survival Press, 2005, www.earthship.net.

Composting Toilet Book: A Practical Guide to Choosing, Planning and Maintaining Composting Toilet Systems, an Alternative to Sewer and Septic Systems, by David Del Porto and Carol Steinfeld. Center for Ecological Pollution Prevention, 2000.

Small Flows Magazine, bi-annual publication of National Environmental Services Center, www.nesc.wvu.edu/nsfc/nsfc_sfq.htm

“The Watson Wick,” by Keith A. Lindauer; “Watson on the Wick,” by Tom Watson; and “How the Wick Works,” by Catherine Wanek. The Last Straw, issue #28, Winter 1999/2000, pp. 28-31, www.strawhomes.com.

Online

www.oasisdesign.net. Managed by Art Ludwig, this site is a well-spring of information and products.

www.greywater.com. Managed by Carl Lindstrom, a great resource.

www.HarvestingRainwater.com. The Greywater Harvesting page has information on greywater-compatible soaps and detergents, how to make your own flow splitters, tax credits, suppliers of greywater-harvesting materials, and more.

www.ecological-engineering.com. Managed by David Del Porto, this site has information on composting toilets, washwater gardens, and ecological engineering.

“Residential Graywater Reuse Study,” June 2000, Water Conservation Alliance of Southern Arizona. Online: http://watercasa.org/research/residential/resindex.htm. Study testing water and soil quality of unpermitted Arizona greywater systems and the landscapes reusing the greywater.

Legality of greywater

Call local authorities for regulations in your area. The Oasis Design website, www.oasisdesign.net/greywater/law, lists regulations of various states in the U.S.

Arizona: Graywater Guidelines, a brochure published by the Water Conservation Alliance of Southern Arizona. Online: www.watercasa.org/publications/Graywater_Guidelines.pdf.

New Mexico: Using Gray Water in New Mexico’s Residential Landscapes, a brochure published by the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer. Online: www.nmenv.state.nm.us/P2_Web/Gray_Water.pdf.

Greywater-compatible soaps and detergents

Online information

www.HarvestingRainwater.com. Go to Greywater Harvesting page.

Suppliers

Bio Pac and Oasis Cleaning Products. Oasis,Bio Pac soaps and detergents. Phone: 1-866-369-1385; website: www.bio-pac.com.