Jeff Binkley -> John Massey wrote:




 J>>> Interesting stuff. All this 'Joe the Plumber' stuff seems a
 J>>> trifle effete, a taint of scorn concerning a trade about which I
 J>>> know nothing, but for which I have a lot of respect. (I was blown
 J>>> away when visiting the palace in Crete when I learned they had
 J>>> three different water distributions one for drinking, one for
 J>>> washing, one for effulgent. Pretty neat for something built
 J>>> more'n 3,400 years ago...)

 JM>> This is one of the things people are doing to combat the drought
 JM>> around here. We have retrofitted a couple of houses to have the gray
 JM>> water separated from the black water. Believe it or not this is one
 JM>> area where the GC and the plumbing sub have to educate code
 JM>> enforcement. One client  wanted to put in a 6500 gal above ground
 JM>> tank system to catch, filter,  and store rain water for the garden,
 JM>> and yard. Code and health initially balked.

 JB> 6500 gallon above ground tank ?  Don't they call that a swimming pool ?

 JB> Jeff

Close. The tank is 130"D x 160"H

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