fbr awards the Badge of Honor to Willem P. Boelhouwer

The Association for Rainwater Harvesting and Water Utilization awarded the Badge of Honor at the general meeting on April 29, 2010 in Darmstadt to Mr. Willem P. Boelhouwer.

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The Federal Administrative Court has ruled that laundry can be washed with well water

Judgement on the use of rainwater

On 31 March 2010 the Federal Administrative Court ruled in favour of a judgement on the washing of laundry.According to Dietmar Sperfeld, an expert at Fachvereinigung Betriebs- und Regenwassernutzung e.V. (German Association for Rainwater Harvesting and Water Utilisation), the judgement will also have far-reaching implications for users of rainwater harvesting systems. Water associations, water providers and groups of interested parties are continually casting doubt in the minds of consumers wanting to run their washing machine with rainwater as well as flushing their toilet and watering their garden from such sources.

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