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The American South has been gripped in drought for months and months now. On Blog Action Day back in October, I made an extensive post about reusing rinse and dye baths and collecting grey water.
At the time, the restrictions for reuse of water, particularly grey water, were, well, kinda grey.
Could you dump it on plants? Technically, no.
Could you flush your toilet with it? Legally, no.
Was an exhausted dyebath grey water? Er, maybe no.
Today, an article in the News & Observer announces the overthrow of arcane, illogical grey water restrictions in North Carolina, which should erase any niggling doubts dyers might've had about employing bath reuse techniques! And now i don't have to skulk around hoping the NC Grey Water Police[1] don't bust down my door to cite me for flushing my commode with a bucket of shower-water. Hooray!
[1] Incidentally, you know the controversy-wracked Carolina-based mercenary/security force company Blackwater? Did no one involved in the naming of that company consider the fact that "black water" in shipboard and public works terms means, er, sewage??
At the time, the restrictions for reuse of water, particularly grey water, were, well, kinda grey.
Could you dump it on plants? Technically, no.
Could you flush your toilet with it? Legally, no.
Was an exhausted dyebath grey water? Er, maybe no.
Today, an article in the News & Observer announces the overthrow of arcane, illogical grey water restrictions in North Carolina, which should erase any niggling doubts dyers might've had about employing bath reuse techniques! And now i don't have to skulk around hoping the NC Grey Water Police[1] don't bust down my door to cite me for flushing my commode with a bucket of shower-water. Hooray!
[1] Incidentally, you know the controversy-wracked Carolina-based mercenary/security force company Blackwater? Did no one involved in the naming of that company consider the fact that "black water" in shipboard and public works terms means, er, sewage??
