1. by: Ben Wiegel

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

4.  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.

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

8.  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.

10.  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.

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

12.  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 