Bill Text: IL HJR0073 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the State of Illinois to study the concept of greywater reclamation and implement a plan by the year 2025.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HJR0073 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HJR0073-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Greywater is gently used water from one's | ||||||
| 3 | bathroom, sinks, showers, tubs, and washing machines; it may | ||||||
| 4 | contain traces of dirt, food, grease, hair, and certain | ||||||
| 5 | household cleaning products; it is not water that has come into | ||||||
| 6 | contact with feces; it may look "dirty", but it is a safe, even | ||||||
| 7 | beneficial source of irrigation water; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, If greywater is released into rivers, lakes, or | ||||||
| 9 | estuaries, it becomes a pollutant, but to plants, it is a | ||||||
| 10 | valuable fertilizer; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Reusing greywater saves water and money on one's | ||||||
| 12 | water bill; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Reusing greywater keeps it out of the sewer or | ||||||
| 14 | septic system, thereby reducing the chance that it will pollute | ||||||
| 15 | local bodies of water; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Reusing greywater is a way to increase the | ||||||
| 17 | productivity of sustainable backyard ecosystems that produce | ||||||
| 18 | food, clean water, and shelter wildlife; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 20 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | ||||||
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| 1 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the State of Illinois to study | ||||||
| 2 | the concept of greywater reclamation and implement a plan by | ||||||
| 3 | the year 2025.
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