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Left: greywater sample from an office building. Right: Same greywater after treatment in membrane bioreactor. Greywater (or grey water, sullage, also spelled gray water in the United States) refers to domestic wastewater generated in households or office buildings from streams without fecal contamination, i.e., all streams except for the wastewater from toilets.
Known as "grey water". This type carries microorganisms and nutrients of micro-organisms. Examples are toilet bowls with urine (no feces ), sump pump failures, seepage due to hydrostatic failure and water discharge from dishwashers or washing machines.
Sewage (or domestic wastewater) consists of wastewater discharged from residences and from commercial, institutional and public facilities that exist in the locality. [2]: 10 Sewage is a mixture of water (from the community's water supply), human excreta (feces and urine), used water from bathrooms, food preparation wastes, laundry wastewater, and other waste products of normal living.
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Blackwater is distinguished from greywater, which comes from sinks, baths, washing machines, and other household appliances apart from toilets. Greywater results from washing food, clothing, dishes, as well as from showering or bathing. [1] Blackwater and greywater are kept separate in "ecological buildings", such as autonomous buildings.
Infographic of water footprints around the world. A water footprint shows the extent of water use in relation to consumption by people. [1] The water footprint of an individual, community, or business is defined as the total volume of fresh water used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business.
Effluent from a constructed wetland for greywater treatment at an ecological housing estate in Hamburg-Allermöhe, Germany Constructed wetland for domestic wastewater treatment in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental province, Philippines. A constructed wetland is an engineered sequence of water bodies designed to treat wastewater or storm water runoff.
Grease trap for greywater in Lima, Peru. A grease trap (also known as grease interceptor, grease recovery device, grease capsule and grease converter) is a plumbing device (a type of trap) designed to intercept most greases and solids before they enter a wastewater disposal system.