Mar 12 2008
State Okays Used Bath Water for Petunias
RALEIGH - Tempted to use Junior’s bath water to quench the thirst of your pansies this spring?State officials now say go ahead.For months, officials cautioned against using “gray water,” the murky mess that’s left after you bathe or wash dishes, calling this recycling illegal and a threat to public safety.
But Tuesday, as Gov. Mike Easley introduced a legislative proposal aimed at beefing up water-conservation efforts in North Carolina, officials said dumping buckets of leftover bath water on your trees is just fine.
“If water’s clean enough to bathe your child in or wash your dishes in, it should be clean enough to put on your flowers,” said Bill Ross, secretary of the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
To think how much money my mother could have saved on her water bill when I was a kid. Add up all the baths I took until I began taking showers as a teenager and that’s quite a pretty penny she would have saved not using the garden hose.
