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by crazygringo 4842 days ago
The Paris water system contains pairs of pipes -- potable for drinking, and non-potable for cleaning. (I'm not sure if the non-potable is just for street cleaning, or if it's used for toilets too.)

It seems so much more obviously cost-effective, I wonder why that never took off anywhere in the US, as far as I know?

http://parisianfields.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/a-most-unusua...

http://www.iwaponline.com/ws/00303/ws003030193.htm

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I know of at least one sub-division where non-potable water is connected to yard irrigation systems, so the concept is not totally unheard of. Nothing as sensible as the system you outline in Paris, though.