Bobsprit wrote:

It seems pretty clear that there are no grey water systems for small boats,
though I've
wondered if it would be feasible to save shower water for deck washdown.
However, many
(most?) of the newer cruise ships do recycle gray water. They filter it to
"near drinking
water quality" and use it, not for drinking, but for cooling systems and
washing.

With the exception of spacecraft, wastewater simply is not recycled as
potable water. It is too expensive, too difficult, too risky, and too
offensive for all Earth based users. It is simply easier, cheaper, takes
less volume for the machinery, and is safer to process the local source.

Cruise ships recycle gray water for political and marketing reasons alone.

Only in NulWorld and JaxWorld do boaters drink gray water.

But then again, I don't know everything about every new technology and
maybe Nul knows about this gray water recycling system he would use if
he went on his extended cruise where water was in short supply. It would
be nice if he would tell us about it but he seems to be more interested
in pursuing his little hissy fit and won't share his information with us.


Rick