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Why Are People So Passionate About Greywater?? |
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Written by Editor •
Sunday, 01 March 2009 00:33
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What motivated the biggest crowd ever to show up for CA HCDs greywater policy stakeholders meeting?
In one way, greywater doesn't seem to matter, but in another it really matters.
Ecological sytems design is all about context, and integration between systems.
Ecological systems—rainwater harvesting, runoff management, passive solar, composting toilets, edible landscaping—all of these are more context-sensitive than their conventional practice counterparts.
Greywater systems themselves aren't that important. A low flow showerhead can save as much water.
But, greywater systems are more context sensitive than any other ecological system, and more connected to more other systems.
The conventional approach in regulations is to look at every single line of the code in isolation, like a checklist. If you don't have the [any one item on the list], you don't get the permit.
It doesn't matter than the synergy of your system of systems is off the top of the chart.
If the latest science on global warming is true, we've got just ten years to change direction nearly 180°, to a built environment that is entirely organized around synergy between systems for the context of each and every individual building.
As David Eisenberg says, "If we don't change direction, we might end up where we're headed."
Like moths to flame, budding ecological systems designers are drawn to greywater. Greywater is a sort of litmus test for the future-readiness of design and regulation.
If you get the greywater right, you've got most of the whole package right, and that's what's important.
More info:
Principles of Ecological Design
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