Expanded Greywater

WMG's Expanded Greywater Technical Training will teach how to utilize all your greywater sources—laundry machines, bathroom sinks, showers, and kitchen sinks—for water conservation, food production, and landscape irrigation.

Course description

Greywater use helps conserve water, reduce energy and chemical use in treatment plants, and deliver nutrients to your soil. With broader acceptance and more municipal support for greywater use, the demand for trained greywater installation professionals is growing. This course offers you an in-depth, hands-on education in implementation of a variety of proven systems, including gravity-fed kitchen sink, Laundry-to-Landscape (L2L), and collection-and-pump greywater systems.

Course curriculum

The course blends classroom lectures, site assessments, design exercises, hands-on workshops, and a tour of existing systems.

• Greywater policies and ordinances
• Dark greywater & blackwater benefits and concerns
• Greywater collection and pump systems
• New construction home design for greywater use
• Kitchen resource drain installation
• Laundry to Landscape (L2L) system
• Site assessment and design

Cost

Fee information varies by training and will be included in event listings.

• The cost includes gourmet snacks and lunch made with locally sourced produce and a Certificate of Completion for full course attendance (upon request).
• Alumni of the WMG's Water Harvesting Certification or other Technical Trainings receive a discount on the registration costs.

This course is particularly relevant to landscape architects, architects, permaculture designers, plumbers, developers, other professionals in the building trades. Property owners are always welcome. 

Expert instructor

WMG expert staff and/or contracted instructors will be confirmed prior to listing an upcoming course.

Questions?

For more information about this course or other Technical Trainings, please email us or call 520-396-3266.