Hooray for Gray (Water)!

House Bill 2080 passed the Oregon House today on a 49-10 vote. The bill would permit the installation and use of gray water reuse systems to water lawns and gardens.

Gray water is water used in homes besides sewage and those waters contaminated by toxic chemicals (see this cool diagram). Right now it is illegal to install these systems in Oregon, although many other states allow and regulate residential gray water systems as a way of conserving water. The average residential water user consumes 68 gallons per person, per day, about half of which could be reused as graywater. 

The bill now moves to the Senate in its amended A-engrossed version.

  Special congratulations to Sen. Jackie Dingfelder, who worked on the bill for months during the interim, and to Rep. Ben Cannon, who shepherded the bill through the House Environment and Water Committee and the full Oregon House!

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