Graywater
On Tuesday, September 23, 2008 the Tucson City Council formally adopted the Graywater Ordinance mandating all new housing construction starting June 1, 2010 to be pre-plumbed with graywater systems. Graywater is to be used to irrigate landscaping and is wastewater that comes from bathroom sinks, laundry sinks, showers and tubs. Tucson Association of REALTORS® was an active stakeholder working on this ordinance. Although the house will come plumbed for graywater it will still be up to the home owner to connect plumbing to a system within the home.
Commercial Rainwater Harvesting
On Tuesday, October 14, 2008 the Tucson City Council formally adopted the Rainwater Harvesting Ordinance that has been developed over the past nine months. The TAR Public Affairs Committee approved the support of the ordinance that will require 50% of the annual irrigation needs of a commercial project be obtained by water harvesting means, which may include cisterns, burming, earthworks and other harvesting techniques. This is a much more palatable ordinance considering that initially the percentage was 100%.
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