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by: Ben Wiegel
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WHICH WOULD GROW BETTER A PLANT USING GREY WATER OR A PLANT USING TAP WATER?
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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.
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Controls: Plants, water, tray, pots. Variables: how much sunlight they got, plant growth, plant reactions,
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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.
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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.
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Plant watered with tap water will grow better than one with tap water.
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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: http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_m/m-106.html http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_m/m-106.html ( September 2009) Safe Use of Household Greywater http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/ts/WW/GreywaterFact.PDF http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/ts/WW/GreywaterFact.PDF ( September 2009) Water Conservation Using Greywater http://www.greywaterguerrillas.com/greywater.html http://www.greywaterguerrillas.com/greywater.html (September 2009) About Greywater Reuse http://www.interests.caes.uga.edu/drought/articles/gwlands.htm http://www.interests.caes.uga.edu/drought/articles/gwlands.htm (September 2009) Using Greywater on the Landscape
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