14/05/2019
Committed to a policy of sustainable development and protection of water resources, the city of Pasadena (California, USA) encourages its citizens to reuse their greywater to water their green spaces.
At the origin of the Laundry-to-Landscape program, two simple and common-sense questions:
In response to these questions, the city of Pasadena developed in 2015 its "Laudry-to-Landscape" program, also known as the L2L program. The objective of this program is simple, it aims to help the citizens of Pasadena to engage in a circular economy of water.
source: Greywater Action
The L2L program is based on simple and concrete actions. Residents of the city of Pasadena wishing to reuse their greywater (from the washing machine) can enroll in the L2L program and obtain:
The courses offered are led by professionals from the greywater reuse market. To register for the program, it's easy, just fill out an online form and send it to the city authorities. Within 90 days of joining and participating in training, program members can retrieve their washing machine greywater reuse kit free of charge from one of the city's workshops. Note that if the system is not installed within 90 days after retrieving the kit provided, the program participant may be billed $ 160 or the cost price of the kit.
The benefits of this program are positive. Since the launch of the program, nearly 300 residents have started the process, of whom 235 have received technical assistance for the installation of a greywater recycling system. Beyond the sustainable development approach, the program also has a social and solidarity scope, 60 residents have benefited from the installation of a greywater recycling system of the washing machine at no cost.
To commend the success of this program, the State of California (Metropolitan Water District of Southern California) has awarded the city of Pasadena a US $ 50,000 grant to help develop the program in the coming years.
At Ecofilae, we believe that L2L is an inspiring program. This concrete program is an example to follow in order to develop greywater reuse by accompanying citizens in every step of the process.
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source: Greywater Action
Ecofilae, May 2019. Martin Perrin