The Water-Wise Home by Allen, Laura -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Dedication Contents Preface Part 1: Water-Wise Basics

1. Why Conserve Water?

Reasons to Conserve Water Where Does Your Water Come From? What’s a Water-Wise Home?

2. What’s Wrong with Our Water Systems?

The Good News and Bad News Sources of Water Why Is Water Scarce? Sewage Treatment and Stormwater Pollution When Rain Pollutes: Stormwater A Better Water Future

3. Saving Water in the Home and Landscape

Cultivating a Water-Conserving Ethic Fix the Leaks! The Mini Makeover Does Your Landscape Have a Drinking Problem? Designing A Water-Wise Landscape Irrigation Systems Greywater, Rainwater, and Waterless Toilets

Part 2: Water-Wise Solutions

4. Greywater Reuse: Planning Your Home System

Identify Your Greywater Sources Your Home’s Drain, Waste, and Vent System Estimate Your Greywater Flows Find the Flow Rates of Faucets, Showerheads, and Washing Machines Soil Structure and Type Identify Your Soil Type with a Soil Ribbon Test Conduct an Infiltration Test Mulch Basins Choosing Plants for Greywater Irrigation How Much Water Do My Plants Want? System Design Considerations Plant-Friendly Soaps When Greywater Is Not a Great Idea Using Greywater to Flush Health and Safety Considerations Codes and Regulations

5. Installing Your Greywater System

Choosing a Greywater System Laundry-to-Landscapte (L2L) System Installing an L2L Irrigation System Irrigation Options Branched Drain Gravity-Fed System (Without Storage) Installing a Branched Drain System How to Wire an Actuator Greywater System with Tank and Pump Building a Pumped System Manufactured Greywater Systems Other Types of Greywater Systems Greywater in Freezing Climates Plumbing Basics for Greywater Installation

6. Rainwater Harvesting: Planning Your System

How Will You Use the Rainwater? Keeping Rainwater in Your Landscape: Permeable Hardscape and Rain Gardens Roofwater Collection Basic Components of a Catchment System Using the Rain Indoors Codes and Regulations

7. Building Rainwater Harvesting Systems

Planning and Designing a Rain Garden Constructing a Rain Garden Roofwater Collection Systems Converting a Single 55-Gallon Rain Barrel Connecting Rain Barrels Together: A Daisy Chain Installing an Aboveground Plastic Rainwater Tank Irrigation Systems

8. Waterless and Composting Toilets

Composting is Composting Toilet Types Composting Toilets and the Law Using Urine as Fertilizer Choosing a Composting Toilet Building a Sawdust Bucket Toilet Building a Urine-Diverting Toilet Compost Piles and Bins Building a Barrel Composting Chamber with Netting

Resources Acknowledgments Index Other Storey Titles You Will Enjoy Copyright Share Your Experience!