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- noun Alternative spelling of
gray water .
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Examples
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Rethinking regulation of rainwater and greywater is going to have to happen, but an even bigger negative impact on our water usage is from food.
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I want to be known for harvesting "greywater" -- or at the very least knowing what it is (water that's been used once but is still clean enough for other jobs).
Beth Teitell: I Wish I Wanted to be an Environmentalist 2008
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It is also called greywater (to distinguish it from blackwater which describes wastes containing human excrete).
Chapter 11 1992
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It is also called greywater (to distinguish it from blackwater which describes wastes containing human excreta).
Chapter 10 1992
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Milwaukee has a few examples of these so-called greywater systems, such as the Urban
JSOnline.com 2010
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Residential greywater, which is wastewater generated from domestic processes such as washing dishes, laundry and bathing, is a valuable water resource that can be recycled to irrigate plants!
Indybay newswire FREE LEONARD PELTIER 2009
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It would apply green standards to its waste flows, even take care to substitute rainwater and "greywater" for its massive daily washdown of thousands of buses.
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Even greywater is purified and the water is put back to use on the property for watering the fields.
Kirsten Dirksen: Abandoned Stable Now Water-independent, Off-grid, Family Dream Home (VIDEO) Kirsten Dirksen 2012
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I know that pity for House staffers may sometimes be in short supply around here, but you should show some sympathy for the poor Republican folks on the House Energy/Commerce Committee that had to wade through the legislative swill and greywater that is Obamacare for almost a month in order to extract useful information for the rest of us.
‘Health Law Implementation Timeline (H.R. 3590 as Revised by H.R. 4872)’ | RedState 2010
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Our greywater tanks are made with plastic molasses and high-fructose corn syrup containers used by breweries.
INTERVIEW: Sustainability Advisor Lonny Grafman on The Waterpod | Inhabitat 2009
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