Again, we need to come back to the question of the hour: What is Grey Water? It is a simple resource, readily available, and you may have some of it on your stove right now! Look below!

What Is Grey Water and How Does It Fit In?

One of the best ways to manage water use is to reuse it. In reality, there are few uses of water that require it to be purified. We only need purified water for drinking and cooking. Everything else can be done with either unpurified water–such as you would get out of a pond–or water that has already been used.
Used water can be broken down into two separate categories:

Black Water – This is sewage from the toilet. It can’t be used for anything else, but must go into a septic tank or sewage system.
Grey Water – This is water that has been used for cleaning. While it isn’t clean enough for drinking, it can be used for other purposes.

The vast majority of the water we use in our homes actually goes down the drain as grey water, not black water. This means we’re essentially wasting that water. In a survival situation, where water is limited, we can’t afford to allow any water to go to waste.

You may be asking yourself what exactly you can do with grey water and, really, there are many things that can be done, including watering your garden and flushing your toilet with it! To learn more go over to Urban Survival Site.

Just remember that, yes, we need fresh pure water to drink and to use for cooking but if you’ve boiled up some eggs or pasta on the stove, that water can easily be used for another purpose!