The Water-Wise Home
How to Conserve, Capture, and Reuse Water in Your Home and Landscape
Published on 27. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-61212-169-7 (ISBN)
Description
Save the earth's most precious resource while also saving yourself money. Laura Allen provides expert strategies for using water smartly and efficiently while fulfilling all of your home and garden needs. Learn how to create a water-wise landscape, reuse greywater, harvest rainwater, and even set up a waterless composting toilet. Offering proven techniques in clear and accessible language, The Water-Wise Home makes it easy to help the environment and lower your household operating costs through conserving water.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Workman Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
840 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61212-169-7 (9781612121697)
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E-Book
02/2015
Storey Publishing, LLC
€9.99
Available for download
Person
Laura Allen is the author of The Water-Wise Home and cofounder of Greywater Action, a collaborative of educators who teach residents and tradespeople about affordable and simple household water systems that dramatically reduce water use and foster sustainable cultures of water. She leads classes and workshops, including the first training program for professional greywater installers, and participates in writing state government greywater and composting toilet codes. She lives in Eugene, Oregon.