On Mon, 25 May 2015 19:39:56 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>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.

Use of gray water is illegal in some states.
Janet US