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We promote greywater reuse as a way to increase the productivity of sustainable backyard ecosystems that produce food, clean water, and shelter wildlife. Such systems recover valuable “waste” [...]

Here’s another Green Plumbing method on how to kill two birds with one stone. Do you have some plants that need to be watered, but you don’t want to waste water? Greywater is gently used water [...]

Is your water heater more than 8 years old? DOE Rules Change for Residential Water Heaters In 2010, the Department of Energy published its final rules for residential water heaters and become [...]

There’s almost nothing more controversial than the cost of installing a dishwasher. One installation may cost $400 or more while another might cost under $100. Yet another homeowner may boast [...]

When you have had a water heater for a few years, you may start noticing a few problems, such as the water heater leaking or failing to actually provide any hot water. You may also hear some [...]

Valuable tips and general information are revealed for checking, flushing and maintaining a home’s water heater. Give the water shut-off valve a twist to keep it from seizing. If it is a gas [...]

Our hot water systems are so reliable, years go by and we don’t give them a second thought. Then one morning, we step into the shower, turn on the water and wait in vain for the hot water to [...]

Unless you live in a small or apartment or prefer to do your laundry in a laundromat, washing machine plumbing is something that you will probably encounter at some point in your life. Whether [...]

Toilets use the most water in our homes. Every day, Americans flush 4.8 billion gallons of water down the toilet.  Reducing the amount of water that your toilet is flushing away will go a long [...]

A half-gallon container can save you hundreds of gallons of water per year. Every day, the average person flushes a toilet 4.5 times. For many of those toilets, each twist of the handle dumps [...]