Rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse turn this home into something closer to a small, closed water loop.
Why this could happen
Florida's aquifers are already under pressure from population growth. Rainwater cisterns and greywater recycling are permitted and in limited use today; scaling them into a standard home system is a matter of plumbing code and cost, not new invention.
What makes it futuristic
Cistern-based rainwater harvesting sized to the home's roof area
Greywater recycling from showers and sinks routed to irrigation
Drought-tolerant, native landscaping in place of a traditional lawn
Real-time water-use monitoring by fixture
Spec plate06/15
01Rainwater cistern system
02Greywater recycling
03Native xeriscaping
04Fixture-level water monitoring
A home that manages its water on its own starts to look like a home that manages itself.
