Posts Tagged ‘water recycling’
Yesterday a friend of mine sent this picture of a futuristic bathroom to me. As you can see, it’s a pretty nifty concept, but you don’t have to wait until 2027 to start reusing water. Brac is the future of gray water recycling—now.
By now you’ve probably seen the IBM commercials that talk about building a smarter planet. IBMer’s everywhere have banded together to tackle energy, traffic, health care, cloud computing and, now, the global water crisis. Let’s work smarter, not harder, right, guys?
There are a few things that just go well together. Peanut butter and jelly. Cinnamon and sugar. Gray water systems and hotels. Sure, that last one doesn’t roll off the tongue like the others, but it has the same end result: happiness.
If you have reservations about adding a gray water system to your hotel, I invite you to dig a little deeper. Read about our quick payback periods or the fact that these systems are internationally approved. Today, the Brac System appears in almost any kind of setting where people are consuming copious amounts of water, including resorts, dorms, military barracks, mixed-use buildings–the list goes on.
And if you add a gray water system to your next big project, there’s a good chance that you will seem like a miniature superhero to your clients. Why? Because you will be saving them a tremendous amount of money, as well as doing something good for the environment.
So c’mon. Save the day (and some dough). To add a gray water system to your hotel or any other commercial project, start here, and we’ll take it from there.
Over the last three days, we have looked at the state of gray water in this great state. We have talked about the challenges of the past and the opportunities of the present. And when it comes to the future of gray water recycling in South Carolina, I am optimistic, friends.
I am less optimistic, however, about our nation’s overall water consumption. If you look at the path we are taking, we simply cannot sustain the water we consume. According to the EPA, the average American used about 10 gallons of water every day a century ago. Today, we use 100 gallons. Another stat claims that at least 36 states will face serious water shortages within the next five years.
While yesterday’s post looked backwards, today’s post will examine South Carolina’s present situation in regards to gray water recycling. As I mentioned when I kicked off this little three-part adventure, the meeting at our local DHEC office last week was paramount in my understanding of South Carolina’s current position on gray water.
One key detail that was gleaned from the meeting was that DHEC’s involvement only comes in where the gray water goes out.
In other words, DHEC is the governing body that approves projects where gray water is applied via drip irrigation systems. If gray water is being recycled only to flush the building’s toilets, the responsibility falls on the local building code inspector. More on that a little later.
