Graywater means untreated wastewater that has not been contaminated by any toilet discharge, has not been affected by infectious, contaminated, or unhealthy bodily wastes, and does not present a threat from contamination by unhealthful processing, manufacturing, or operating wastes. "Graywater" includes, but is not limited to, wastewater from bathtubs, showers, bathroom washbasins, clothes washing machines, and laundry tubs, but does not include wastewater from kitchen sinks or dishwashers. Health and Safety Code Section 17922.12.
Graywater means a system intreated wastewater that has not been contaminated by any toilet discharge, has not been affected by infectious, contaminated, or unhealthy bodily wastes, and does not present a threat from contamination by unhealthy processing, manufacturing, or operating wastes. Graywater includes, but is not limited to, wastewater from bathtubs, showers, bathroom washbasins, clothes washing machines. And laundry tubs, but does not include wastewater from kitchen sinks or dishwashers as per the Health and Safety Code (Section 17922.12). Graywater systems promote the efficient use of water and are encouraged to assist in on-site landscape irrigation. All graywater systems shall conform to the California Plumbing Code (Title 24, Part 5, Chapter 16) and any applicable local ordinance standards.
Graywater means galley, dishwasher, bath and laundry wastewater. "Graywater" does not include other wastes or waste streams.[PL 2003, c. 650, §2 (NEW).]
Examples of Graywater in a sentence
Wiles, K.M., Sharvelle, S.E., De Long, S.K. Investigation of Pathogen Disinfection and Regrowth in a Graywater Reuse Treatment System for Toilet Flushing.
Wiles, K.M., Sharvelle, S.E., De Long, S.K. Development of a Low Cost Graywater Treatment System: Disinfection and Regrowth at the Demonstration Scale.
Keely, S.P., Brinkman, N.E., Wiles, K., Hodgson, B., De Long, S.K., Sharvelle, S.E., Garland, J.L. Identification and Characterization of Graywater Microbial Communities by High Throughput Pyrosequencing.
Graywater systems may, at the homeowners’ discretion, be utilized in conjunction with an onsite blackwater system where a sewerage system is not available for blackwater disposal.
More Definitions of Graywater
Graywater means wastewater contaminated by waste materials, exclusive of urine, feces or industrial waste, deposited into plumbing drain systems.
Graywater means wastewater drained from sinks, tubs, showers, dishwashers, clothes washers, and other non-toilet sources.
Graywater means all domestic waste excluding blackwater and including bath, lavatory, laundry, and sink waste except kitchen sink waste. Graywater is wastewater for the purposes of these regulations.
Graywater means that part of domestic sewage that is not blackwater, including waste from the bath, lavatory, laundry, and sink, except kitchen sink waste.