article_snippet.sent: Water-conscious residents have turned to techniques that utilize so-called 'gray water' to help Water-conscious residents meet the unprecedented new water-use restrictions imposed by Governor Jerry Brown last week.
article_snippet.sent: techniques that utilize so-called 'gray water' to help them meet the unprecedented new water-use restrictions imposed by Governor Jerry Brown last week may appear weird to some - like the toilet that doubles as a sink and used washing machine water used to water fruit trees - but these Californians maintain it's the inevitable future of water conservation.
article_snippet.sent: Chris Brown is using the left over water from Chris Brown showers, laundry and other tasks to irrigate Chris Brown yard.
article_snippet.sent: First, the 'gray water' goes through a filtration system that Chris Brown had installed as the drought - now in the 'gray water' fifth year - continued to worsen.
article_snippet.sent: Gray water: her neighbor Chris Brown Chris Brown collects all the soapy used water from this home's washing machine's, showers and sinks and uses this home's washing machine's, showers and sinks to irrigate trees and plants in his yard .
article_snippet.sent: Every drop of water flows down to this pipe, runs underground now, down to his yard, and then this pipe's spread,' Chris Brown explained to CBS Sacramento.
article_snippet.sent: Gray water systems like Aqua2use filter a home's soapy water in order to make it usable for plants and lawns .
article_snippet.sent: Brown's order called for investment in new water technologies and the streamlining of water projects such as desalination plants that turn ocean water into drinking water.
article_snippet.sent: Unprecendented: Brown on Wednesday ordered sweeping and unprecedented measures to save water in California .
highlights_snippet.sent: Conservation techniques include utilizing so-called 'gray water'--soapy water used once for cleaning and by appliances--for a second use .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Those uses may include irrigation, flushing a toilet or even feeding livestock .