by: Ben Wiegel

 WHICH WOULD GROW BETTER A PLANT USING GREY WATER OR A PLANT USING TAP WATER?

 Background information:  Be careful greywater could poison your plants. It could contain chemicals from bleach, dyes, or cleansers.  Here are some household items that could affect your greywater when you wash your cloths in the washing machine; all the soaps and even diapers raise the pathogen levels which would poison your plants.  Grey water needs to be handled carefully or it could harm your whole yard. Grey water if filtered could be used safely. When you use it, you are recycling.

 Controls: Plants, water, tray, pots.  Variables: how much sunlight they got, plant growth, plant reactions,

 1.The greywater plant wasn’t reacting well.  2.Tap water plant was very healthy.  3.The grey water plant was showing a little discoloration.  4.The greywater plant is shriveled up and looks almost dead.

 My experiment was cut short because my cat chewed on the plants. I was still able to gather enough data to come to a conclusion.

 Plant watered with tap water will grow better than one with tap water.

 Books:  Author: Ludwig, Art  Publisher: Oasis Design; 5 Rev Exp edition (September 30, 2006)  The New Create an Oasis with Greywater  Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systems — Includes Branched Drains Revised and Expanded  5th Edition  Web Sites:    ( September 2009) Safe Use of Household Greywater    ( September 2009) Water Conservation Using Greywater    (September 2009) About Greywater Reuse    (September 2009) Using Greywater on the Landscape 