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Bill: Greywater Recycling Act 2224
Details
Submitted by[?]: Growth and Prosperity Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2225
Description[?]:
| The current regulation states that all tap water, regardless of purpose, must be drinkable. This means that greywater (such as waste water generating from showers) is fully retreated at a waste treatment plant, even if it will be used for non-consumption purposes such as industrial or farming purposes. In drought zones, this could mean that the water supply is further constrained by needless water treatment. It also actually INCREASES the net pollution, as the chemicals used for water treatment must also be disposed (usually mixed in with the treated water). By allowing a range of standards that would differentiate between industrial / farming and private use, this bill allows greywater to be re-used for non-consumption purposes without compromising the quality of tapwater in homes. (from http://greywater.net/) What is greywater ? Any water that has been used in the home, except water from toilets, is called greywater . Dish, shower, sink, and laundry water comprise 50-80% of residential "waste" water. This may be reused for other purposes, especially landscape irrigation. Why use greywater ? It's a waste to irrigate with great quantities of drinking water when plants thrive on used water containing small bits of compost. Unlike a lot of ecological stopgap measures, greywater reuse is a part of the fundamental solution to many ecological problems and will probably remain essentially unchanged in the distant future. The benefits of greywater recycling include: * Lower fresh water use * Less strain on failing septic tank or treatment plant * Greywater treatment in topsoil is highly effective * Ability to build in areas unsuitable for conventional treatment * Less energy and chemical use * Groundwater recharge * Plant growth * Reclamation of otherwise wasted nutrients |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of the quality of drinking water.
Old value:: The government sets a single standard to ensure all tap water is drinkable.
Current: Local government is responsible for drinking water quality regulation.
Proposed: The government sets a range of standards dependant on water usage. (grey water regulation, etc.)
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:23:50, May 08, 2006 CET | From |  Green Manalishi Party | To | Debating the Greywater Recycling Act 2224 |
| Message | The GMP admits a previous level of ignorance on the subject, and whilst it sounds promising we have this overriding concern. "In recent years concerns over dwindling reserves of groundwater and overloaded or costly sewage treatment plants has generated much interest in reusing or recycling greywater, particularly for use in irrigation. However, concerns over potential health and environmental risks means that many jurisdictions demand intensive treatment systems that are so expensive they usually cost more than simply treating and buying the tap water they save. Treatment methods and risks are poorly researched and understood by authorities." (wikipedia) |
| Date | 02:59:53, May 08, 2006 CET | From | Jelbék Zemojad Lofrkad Prta | To | Debating the Greywater Recycling Act 2224 |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 04:20:40, May 08, 2006 CET | From | Growth and Prosperity Party | To | Debating the Greywater Recycling Act 2224 |
| Message | the GMP has a very good point that it the science is not very well understood. However, it doesn't change the fact that water levels are preciptiously low in some areas, and the choice isn't so much as whether or not to use treated water, it's grey water or nothing at all. In the current statutes, an apartment building would not be allowed to use the greywater from its tenants to water the lawn for example. There are plenty of non-controversial uses of greywater that it is well worth having the flexibility. |
| Date | 04:56:49, May 08, 2006 CET | From | Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Greywater Recycling Act 2224 |
| Message | I would prefer none, but this is good. |
| Date | 18:01:25, May 08, 2006 CET | From | Jelbék Zemojad Lofrkad Prta | To | Debating the Greywater Recycling Act 2224 |
| Message | None what? No standards on drinking water? So you would prefer our citizens caught cholera and all the other water born diseases? |
| Date | 04:04:38, May 09, 2006 CET | From | Free Conservative Party | To | Debating the Greywater Recycling Act 2224 |
| Message | The people do not like catching cholera. They will not buy water that will give them diseases. |
| Date | 03:28:33, May 11, 2006 CET | From | Jelbék Zemojad Lofrkad Prta | To | Debating the Greywater Recycling Act 2224 |
| Message | ooc: ROFLMAO. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 625 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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