Emergency Home Preparation

Grey Water: What It Is and Why It’s So Important
https://urbansurvivalsite.com/grey-water-what-why-important/

(SNIP) ... One of the best ways to manage water use is to reuse it. In reality, there are few uses of water that require it to be purified. We only need purified water for drinking and cooking. Everything else can be done with either unpurified water–such as you would get out of a pond–or water that has already been used.

Used water can be broken down into two separate categories:

Black Water –
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Arizona EDU

Home Use of Graywater, Rainwater Conserves Water--and May Save Money
https://wrrc.arizona.edu/publications/arroyo-newsletter/home-use-graywater-rainwater-conserves-water-and-may-save-money

Conserve, reuse and augment summarize Arizona's strategy to meet new water needs and reduce its reliance on dwindling groundwater reserves. Of the strategic trio, water conservation is an approach utilized by the entire hierarchy of water users, from i ndustrial and agricultural users to individual households using water to cook, grow trees and shrubs, and wash the dog.

Reuse and augment are a different story. These often require ... ---CONTINUED at LINK---