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Renewable gray water sustainable investments

Posted by: Maven on July 18, 2009 at 12:49 pm

From James Rickman at Seeking Alpha blog:

The long-term market for water infrastructure upgrade and rehabilitation remains strong with capital expenditure expected to grow from $25.2 billion in 2009 to $49.7 billion in 2016.
For example, renewable “GrayWater” — the stuff that drains from bathtubs, sinks and clothes washers — generates 40 gallons of water per person per day in the U.S. that could be recycled in the landscape or reused to flush toilets in addition to large volume commercial industrial needs.

Today, only a relatively small portion just over 10% of the 98 million or so U.S. households currently reusing graywater. Although, I found on my recent visit to California’s wild horse ranch sanctuary Return To Freedom that in Santa Barbara County gray water recycling has grown to over 17% becoming an important sector.

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July 18, 2009 · Filed Under Investing in water

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  1. Sustainable Finance - Investing in Water on July 20th, 2009 12:44 pm

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