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Written by Art Ludwig •
Friday, 27 February 2009 01:55
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Greywater is household washwater from laundry, shower, etc., It is commonly reused for on site irrigation/ treatment in the landscape. [Note: Both spellings are used interchangeably on this website: graywater and greywater .]
Greywater systems are both rapidly evolving and more context-specific than any other green building technology.
Thus, greywater standards are the ultimate test case for the transition from static, proscriptive codes for one-size fits all solutions, to evolving performance codes for tightly integrated, site-specific ecological systems.
Entities that have chosen greywater standards as the key entry point into green regulation include the US Green Building Council and the City of Santa Barbara (greywater code compliance packages); and Oregon ReCode (new state law).
California's new greywater standard has the potential to become the new, de-facto world model greywater code.
The point of this site is to facilitate efficient collaboration on the part of Government and other stakeholders in the effort to do a really stellar job on new greywater standards.
The main components of this site are:
CA-standard listserv
for broadcasting e mail amongst California greywater law stakeholders...this has been very successful and active. It includes people who signed up at the CA stakeholder meetings, and several local lists which merged into it, from Sonoma, Santa Cruz, and the Bay Area.
Reference Library
Including:
- Data and calculations
- Studies
- History
- Links
Articles
By contributing editors
Forums
Including:
- Greywater Science
- Greywater policy
- HCD-Stakeholder dialog
- California Greywater Standard Stakeholder Consensus Language
(The listserv has virtually all the activity and the forums almost none, but there's a few useful things in there and the archive is easier to search)
The general public can post comments on most pages.
We are currently evaluating options for a webmaster to maintain the site long term, locations for hosting, etc.
Various people are contributing generously to this project. If you'd like to help out with content, time or money, please contact Oasis Design.
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