Comments on: Graywater Comes to the Golden State http://science.kqed.org/quest/2009/09/18/graywater-comes-to-the-golden-state/ Explore science, nature and environment stories from Northern California and beyond with KQED’s multimedia series Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Gillick http://science.kqed.org/quest/2009/09/18/graywater-comes-to-the-golden-state/#comment-12198 Paul Gillick Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:41:17 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=3671#comment-12198 LifeScan, a J&J Company in Milpitas has just switch its cooling towers to recycled water: saving over 5 million gallons of potable water per year. LifeScan, a J&J Company in Milpitas has just switch its cooling towers to recycled water: saving over 5 million gallons of potable water per year.

]]> By: Steve Ryan http://science.kqed.org/quest/2009/09/18/graywater-comes-to-the-golden-state/#comment-12197 Steve Ryan Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:02:04 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=3671#comment-12197 This is good news for the state. Too bad for me that I have just finished a remodel. Our county is very strict about inspections, so I didn't dare put in a graywater system. Now it would be expensive (not to mention wasteful) to tear open walls and do a good job of it. It wasn't easy getting any innovative energy-related features included in the remodel either. The "home performance community" may be at the boil, but established contractors who have solid reputations are very conservative about adopting anything new. This is good news for the state. Too bad for me that I have just finished a remodel. Our county is very strict about inspections, so I didn't dare put in a graywater system. Now it would be expensive (not to mention wasteful) to tear open walls and do a good job of it.

It wasn't easy getting any innovative energy-related features included in the remodel either. The "home performance community" may be at the boil, but established contractors who have solid reputations are very conservative about adopting anything new.

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