Christian Science Monitor on “Gray Water’s Grass Roots”
January 26th, 2010 by sherwoodsf
Here’s an excerpt from an article in today’s Christian Science Monitor (which includes an interview with Sherwood’s John Leys):
In the months since California changed the gray-water permit requirements, demand has begun to build statewide, says John Leys of Sherwood Design Engineers in San Francisco, which has clients across the United States as well as abroad. Mr. Leys recently consulted on new water-planning regulations for Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, which has water needs similar to those in the American Southwest. “Ten years ago, we were not seeing any demand for gray-water systems,” he says, but now clients of all types are requesting projects that range from simple and inexpensive backyard irrigation retrofits to complex, multipurpose gray-water systems that are part of the design from the beginning. Leys notes that as pressures over drought regulations and energy conservation have started to build, many businesses have begun to see that reclamation and reuse make sense from both a business and an environmental standpoint.
Read the full piece on the Christian Science Monitor web site.
