Builder's Greywater Guide: Installation of Greywater Systems in New Construction and Remodeling: A Supplement to the Book

Bahman Sheikh , Director, City of Los Angeles Greywater Pilot Project
"Extremely helpful for interpreting the arcane language of the plumbing code for the uninitiated. Without it, many pitfalls await the unwary."


Chris Prelitz, Seacrest Builders, Laguna Beach, California
"Any contractor, architect or homeowner interested in sustainable architecture would do well to buy and study a copy of this book."


Doug Pratt, Technical Products Developer, Real Goods Renewable Energy Division
"The best guide for actual hands-on greywater system construction available. Contractors need this book, do it yourselfers will simply love it. Time saving tricks, traps to avoid, flowcharts for system selection, user education, it's all here in plain English with an easy reading style."


Book Description
The Builder's Greywater Guide (a supplement to Oasis's book Create an Oasis with Greywater) will help building professionals or homeowners work within or around building codes to successfully include greywater systems in new construction or remodeling, even if they have little prior greywater experience. It is also a great resource for regulators interested in improving regulatory oversight of greywater systems. Topics include: Special reasons for builders to install or not install a greywater system, flow chart for choosing a system, suggestions for dealing with inspectors, legal requirements checklist, detailed review of system options with respect to new laws, latest construction details and design tips, maintenance suggestions, equations for estimating irrigation demand, and the complete text of new US greywater law with English translation and suggested improvements. 46 pages, 9 figures, 8.5 x 11". Note: The book Create an Oasis with Greywater is required in order to effectively use the "Builder's Greywater Guide".


Excerpted from Builder's Greywater Guide : Installation of Greywater Systems in New Construction & Remodeling; A Supplement to the Book 'Create an Oasis With greywat by Art Ludwig. Copyright © 1997. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Choosing a System ...the question is, "what greywater system can best match greywater sources to the irrigation demand?' The flow chart (Figure 1, page 4) will yield a good answer in most situations. Realize that it is all but impossible to come up with a greywater system which is simultaneously inexpensive, ecological, easy to use, legal and efficient. However, by sacrificing some of these parameters, the others can be satisfied. There are a large number of possible combinations of benefits and drawbacks, one or more of which will likely be a good fit for a particular situation... Hard plumbing to mini-leachfields: For ideal situations with continuous downhill slope from the points of greywater generation to the points of irrigation need, this design promises inexpensive, reliable, efficient legal subsurface distribution WITHOUT FILTER CLEANING. It is critical that hard-plumbed lines have proper slope (at least 1/4" per foot)...


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