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Ophelia wrote:
>The Other Guy wrote:
>>Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>>> I remember many years ago in England when we had a very hot summer and
>>>> water was rationed, a friend was shown in the local newspaper because
>>>> she
>>>> had hooked up a pipe to channel her bath water down into her garden
>>>
>>>Some people do that here.

>>
>> That's known as grey water, and is illegal is some places,
>> yet required in other places.

>
>Why is it illegal?


He won't be able to say let alone cite why... grey water is no more
unnatural for gardening than rain water falling on farm land...
typical household wash water contains the same dirt as the dirt of
which ALL farmland is composed, probably cleaner.