Part 1 Water-Wise Basics Chapter 1 Why Conserve Water? Reasons to Conserve Water - Where Does Your Water Come From? - What's a Water-Wise Home? Chapter 2 What's Wrong with Our Water Systems? The Good News and Bad News - Sources of Water - Why Is Water Scarce? - Sewage Treatment and Stormwater Pollution - When Rain Pollutes: Stormwater - A Better Water Future Chapter 3 Saving Water in the Home and Landscape Cultivating a Water-Conserving Ethic - Fix the Leaks! - The Mini Makeover - Does Your Landscape Have a Drinking Problem? - Designing a Water-Wise Landscape - Irrigation Systems - Greywater, Rainwater, and Waterless Toilets Part 2 Water Wise Solutions Chapter 4 Greywater Reuse: Planning Your Home System Identify Your Greywater Sources - Your Home's Drain, Waste, and Vent System - Estimate Your Greywater Flows - Find the Flow Rates of Faucets, Showerheads, and Washing Machines - Soil Structure and Type - Identify Your Soil with a Soil Ribbon Test - Mulch Basins - Choosing Plants for Greywater Irrigation - How Much Water Do My Plants Want? - System Design Consideration - Plant-Friendly Soaps - When Greywater Is Not a Great Idea - Using Greywater to Flush - Health and Safety Considerations - Codes and Regulations Chapter 5 Installing Your Greywater System Choosing a Greywater System - Laundry-to-Landscape (L2L) System - Installing an L2L Irrigation System - Irrigation Options - Branch Drain Gravity-Fed System (Without Storage) - Installing a Branched Drain System - How to Wire an Actuator - Greywater System with Tank and Pump - Building a Pumped System - Manufactured Greywater Systems - Other Types of Greywater Systems - Plumbing Basics for Greywater Installation Chapter 6 Rainwater Harvesting: Planning Your System How Will You Use the Rainwater? - Keeping Rainwater in Your Landscape: Permeable Hardscape and Rain Gardens - Roofwater Collection - Basci Components of a Catchment System - Using Rain Indoors - Rainwater Containers - Codes and Regulations Chapter 7 Building Rainwater Harvesting Systems Planning and Designing a Rain Garden - Constructing a Rain Garden - Roofwater Collection Systems - Converting a Single 55-Gallon Barrel - Connecting Rain Barrels Together: A Daisy Chain - Installing an Aboveground Plastic Rainwater Tank - Irrigation Systems Chapter 8 Waterless and Composting Toilets Composting Is Composting - Toilet Types - Composting Toilets and the Law - Using Urine as Fertilizer - Choosing a Composting Toilet - Building a Sawdust Bucket Toilet - Building a Urine-Diverting Toilet - Compost Piles and Bins -Building a Barrel Composting Chamber with Netting Resources Acknowledgements Index.