Many areas of Ventura County are coping with recently implemented Metropolitan Water District restrictions, such as limiting yard watering to one day a week. Even in those restricted communities, ...

Every time you take a shower, brush your teeth or do a load of laundry, you're letting water - one of Earth's most precious resources - just swirl down the drain. Instead, what if you reclaimed that ...

Water from bathroom sinks, bathtubs, showers, and washing machines is classified as greywater and, depending on local and state regulations, can be diverted to irrigate landscaping. The water that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Co-Founder, Conspiracy of Love, and Good is the New Cool. An American family of four uses an average of 300 gallons a day. That’s ...

Several years ago, I contacted several governmental agencies to suggest the installation of greywater systems in all commercial or government projects and as a requirement for all future residential ...

With roughly half of California’s urban water use going outdoors, mostly for irrigation, I’ve been searching for the perfect barrel to alleviate my sprinkler guilt. So, amid forecasts of another dryer ...

Laura Allen is no one's idea of an unrepentant lawbreaker. But under California's state plumbing code, that's exactly what she is. Allen, a soft-spoken elementary school teacher from Oakland, likes to ...

Everyday there is something in the media about the drought in Utah and the Western states. The Utah Legislature passed a dozen water-related bills this year allocating $450 million dollars to enact ...

In the face of historic droughts and climate change, find a way to proactively do something. By Malia Wollan “Greywater is gently used water,” says Laura Allen, 45, who lives in Eugene, Ore., in a ...

Water from bathroom sinks, bathtubs, showers, and washing machines is classified as greywater and, depending on local and state regulations, can be diverted to irrigate landscaping. The water that ...