History
The Greywater Alliance formed in June at the Next Generation Water Summit. We’re starting off with a great group of installers, designers, regulators, water conservation staff, and manufacturers. This year we’re reaching out to people working with greywater from across the country to join our new network.
Leadership Team
Charlie Alcorn
Charlie Alcorn is a Program Manager at Watershed Management Group where he oversees WMG’s community education and project work in the Phoenix Valley, as well as projects in Tucson, Arizona.
Lauren Forbes
Lauren is motivated by finding integrated solutions that meet multiple needs. Lauren began navigating the complexities around rainwater and greywater to balance human needs, financial goals, and water-energy concerns inside her own home. This began a multi-year journey to become a certified designer and launch Cactus Rain LLC so she could help others achieve their water security and sustainability goals, too.
Regina Hirsch
Regina Hirsch is dedicated to bringing appropriate best management solutions to the public. She founded Watershed Progressive, the consulting/contracting firm which focuses on onsite water best management practices aimed at rehydrating watersheds. Since 2009, Watershed Progressive has helped design and install projects that restore habitat and increase watershed hydrologic recharge through water conservation and re-use.
Leigh Jerrard
Leigh is the principal of Greywater Corps, a company that designs, installs, and teaches about greywater irrigation and rainwater harvesting systems as a response to climate-driven water shortages. Leigh and his team are the boots on the ground, doing the physical work required to shift Southern California towards a resilient, egalitarian, and abundant future.
Doug Pushard
Doug is a lifetime American Rainwater Catchment System Association (ARCSA) member, an Accredited Professional and an ex-Board member of ARCSA. He is a prolific writer and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, Water Efficiency Magazine, Home Power, Taos News and Water News, among others. He also has a regular monthly column in the Santa Fe New Mexican. He is co-author of two water studies that have been widely published: “Rainwater Harvesting Industry Market Size and Trends” and “First-Ever Long-Term Water Conservation Rebate Study”. Doug is also a Co-Chair of the Next Generation Water Summit.
Laura Allen
Laura Allen is a founding member of Greywater Action and has spent the past 20 years exploring simple and ecological water solutions. She is the lead author of the San Francisco Graywater Design Guidelines for Outdoor Irrigation, and authored The Water-Wise Home: How to Conserve and Reuse Water in Your Home and Landscape (Storey Press, 2015) and Greywater, Green Landscape (2017).
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