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Theamountofgreywateravailableforirrigationisobviouslydirectlyproportionaltotheamountofwaterusedbyahousehold.Waterconserving xturesandappliancesproducea
loweramountofwastewaterasdosmallerhouseholds.Inahighlyconservinghome,30gallonsperpersonperdayofgreywaterislikelytobeproduced.Thisamountcanvary
accordingtoindividualusagepatterns.
Ifgreywateristheprimarysourceofirrigatingwater,alowwateruselandscapeshouldbeused.Year-roundoutputsofgreywaterthroughsub-surfacesystemsmakegreywateri
rrigationidealformaintainingevergreentreesandshrubs.Theirrigationbenetsofgreywatershouldbeintegratedwiththelandscapedesign.
Theavailabilityofgreywaterforirrigationonasquarefootbasiswillvaryaccordingtothegreywatersystem' sarearequirements.
Thesystem' sarearequirementisdeterminedbythesite' ssoilandslopecharacteristicsdiscussedearlier.Itisbesttoassumethatsomeadditionalwaterfrom othersourcesthan
greywaterwillprobablybeneededonaseasonalbasis