Panel: New homes should have drain pipes to outside

By Tony Davis
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.07.2008

Home builders should be required to outfit all new homes with plumbing systems capable of delivering "gray" water from bathroom and laundry sinks, showers and washing machines to outdoor landscaping, a city advisory committee says.
The committee also wants the Tucson City Council to require developers of shopping centers and other commercial projects to harvest rainwater for at least 75 percent of what goes on trees, grass and shrubs.

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