http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/MrsMcQ/13527 There seems to be some degree of concern about wastewater treatment within city limits. If we have more development, we'll need to upgrade our system, which means more $$$ out of pocket. One possible solution might be to do what the City of Malibu does and institute some measures to encourage residences to install graywater systems - where everything but kitchen sink and toilet water is recycled into the yard for use in irrigation on lawns and non-consumable vegetation. This includes shower water, washing machine output, and even dishwater runoff. It might reduce the burden on the community's wastewater treatment facilities and reduce homeowners' water bills at the same time. Seems the city or water district could offer incentives to owners of single family residences who want to install such systems or maybe even work with the county to reduce permit fees for such systems. Or perhaps require new construction to install such systems in all single family residences? For more information on how it works, here is a link to the City of Malibu's graywater handbooks And here is a link to the Greywater Guerillas website, which tells all about greywater and stuff. Not sure if this has even been discussed, but it may be a worthy topic to investigate. Yes, I'm procrastinating today so I'm posting a lot. There seems to be some degree of concern about wastewater treatment within city limits. If we have more development, we'll need to upgrade our system, which means more $$$ out of pocket. One possible solution might be to do what the City of Malibu does and institute some measures to encourage residences to install graywater systems - where everything but kitchen sink and toilet water is recycled into the yard for use in irrigation on lawns and non-consumable vegetation. This includes shower water, washing machine output, and even dishwater runoff. It might reduce the burden on the community's wastewater treatment facilities and reduce homeowners' water bills at the same time. Seems the city or water district could offer incentives to owners of single family residences who want to install such systems or maybe even work with the county to reduce permit fees for such systems. Or perhaps require new construction to install such systems in all single family residences? For more information on how it works, here is a link to the City of Malibu's graywater handbooks And here is a link to the Greywater Guerillas website, which tells all about greywater and stuff. Not sure if this has even been discussed, but it may be a worthy topic to investigate. Yes, I'm procrastinating today so I'm posting a lot. en-us