Saving the Galilee: Turning Gray Water Green

Putting that ideal into action on a large scale is the target for Gil Ben-Meir, inventor of the Evergreen gray water solution developed by his company, Green Solutions. He intends to make a dent in the foreign market with Israel's already well-known water solutions that work.

Speaking at the 15th annual Cleantech Exhibition in Tel Aviv in July, Ben-Meir, who has been working on the project since 2009, told ISRAEL21c that the Evergreen system was a small, affordable and easy-to-maintain gray-water processing device that could treat up to 600 liters (150 gallons ) of household water a day.

Fitted to every pipe but the kitchen sink and toilet—wastewater from these drains contains too much organic material and oil to be safely recycled—the system collects gray water from baths, showers, hand basins and washing machines. Running through a specially developed biofilter, the treated gray water is then sent to the toilet and to the garden, where it can be reused instantly.

The system may be just the solution needed in chronically dry areas, including the Greek Isles, other Middle Eastern countries and American states like California and Nevada. For more information: www.greensolutions.co.il; gil@greensolutions.co.il; + 972-4-629-3455