Reducing and reusing wastewater: six essential reads for world water day
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Many communities in water-stressed areas are considering ways to reuse water after it has been appropriately treated. A 2016 study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and
Medicine evaluated uses for so-called graywater from bathroom sinks, showers, bathtubs, clothes washers and laundry sinks, but not from toilets or kitchens. It concluded that using graywater
for purposes other than drinking, such as flushing toilets, could expand local water supplies and provide a drought-resistant year-round local water source.