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WATER CONSERVATION AND PURIFICATION
Water is fast
becoming one of the most limited resources available to us. Today we
are left with no option but to conserve and recycle every drop of water
that we use. We offer a host of solutions in helping to incorporate
various systems such as rain water harvesting, grey water recycling
and sewage treatment. We can also supply water treatment plants for
water softening, desalination and purification using reverse osmosis.
We also supply household drinking water purification systems which make
use of a membrane technology and which have many advantages over the UV
based systems currently available in the market.
Introduction
The worlds supply
of water is running out. Already, one person in five has no access to
safe drinking water. Conservation and recycling of water is no longer
an option it has now become a necessity. One way of doing this is
Greywater Recycling. Greywater recycling can can help you save 40% to
45% of your annual water consumption, and while saving money, you will
also help save the environment and provide a better future for our
children and their children to come.
What is Greywater Recycling ?
Greywater is
defined as the waste water produced from baths, showers, clothes
washers, and wash-hand basins. The wastewater generated by toilets is
called blackwater. Wastewater from kitchen sinks and dish-washers is
often considered to be blackwater as well, due to the higher organic
content. As its name connotes, greywater is of lesser quality than
potable water, but of higher quality than black water.
The water that we
use to water the garden, the water we use to wash our clothes, and the
water that we use to fill toilet cisterns, is all presently of the
same quality as the water that we take from a tap and drink. This need
not be the case; in fact the waste water from our clothes washing
machines is actually more nutritious for plants than ordinary water.
What a Greywater
Recycling System does, is that it takes the used water from our
bathing and laundry, filters it and then uses the filtered greywater
for flushing the toilets and for watering the gardens. Thus the clean
water supplied to us by the municipal authorities is used only where it
is most needed - for cooking purposes, for bathing and for doing the
laundry.
On average, a
family of four uses almost 2,00,000 Litres of water per year. Well over
half of our water is being used to shower, bathe and do the laundry,
while over a third is being used to flush the toilet. A mere 10% of our
home water supply is used in the kitchen and as drinking water. These
statistics do not include water used for the garden and for washing
vehicles.
Just think, by implementing Greywater Recycling, a family of four will be saving almost 90000 Litres of water per year!
The most obvious
advantage of recycling domestic greywater is that it replaces potable
water use. Greywater use also offers potential financial advantages to
regional sewage treatment facilities. Their capital and operational
expenditures may decrease because greywater use diminishes sewer flows,
thereby lessening the need to expand such facilities.
The benefits of greywater recycling
Lower fresh water
use: Greywater can replace fresh water in many instances, saving money
and increasing the effective water supply in regions where irrigation
is needed.
Less strain on septic tank or treatment plant:
Greywater use greatly extends the useful life and capacity of septic
systems. For municipal treatment systems, decreased wastewater
flow means higher treatment effectiveness and lower costs.
Highly effective purification:
Greywater is purified to a spectacularly high degree in the upper, most
biologically active region of the soil. This protects the quality of
natural surface and ground waters.
Less energy and chemical use:
Less energy and chemicals are used due to the reduced amount of both
freshwater and wastewater that needs pumping and treatment.
Groundwater recharge: Greywater application in excess of plant needs recharges groundwater.
Plant growth: Greywater enables a landscape to flourish where water may not otherwise be available to support much plant growth.
Reclamation of otherwise wasted nutrients:
Loss of nutrients through wastewater disposal in rivers or oceans is a
subtle, but highly significant form of erosion. Reclaiming nutrients in
greywater helps to maintain the fertility of the land.
Increased awareness of and sensitivity to natural cycles: Greywater use yields the satisfaction of taking responsibility for the wise husbandry of an important resource.
How Linear Technologies can help you
We at Linear
Technologies have realized that we need to take our environment very
seriously. We have made it a part of our Values and our Mission to
propagate the use of different technologies that will help in the
protection of our environment and also help in the conservation of our
limited resources.
We will with the
help of our partner companies guide you and help you to implement a
Greywater Recycling System and also a Rain Water Harvesting System
that will not only be beneficial to you in terms of money saved but
also help the environment by reducing your water usage and by
increasing the fast depleting ground water levels.
Give us the opportunity to be of service to you and join us in our efforts to try and save our wonderful planet..
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