A worrying statistic shows that the average American home consumes some 15,000 gallons of water on watering the lawn alone. This is an astronomical figure, seeing how there are people out there who live their entire lives without consuming that much water. Counting the rapid worldwide depletion of sweet water reserves, it's easy to see that these consumption rates are unsustainable. However, a company called Biokube may have come up with a solution to this problem.

The new system it proposes uses water that would have otherwise been lost into a septic tank for watering the lawn. The 6-feet tall basin can handle an approximate output of about 7.5 liters of water per 15 minute intervals. And while this may not be the most elegant solution scientists could come by for stopping useless high water consumptions, it is one of the most practical.

Water that enters the Venus tank is not subjected to regular cleansing procedures. Other filtering systems use gravity to settle down solid waste, while specific bacteria clean the water in several stages. The Venus system uses some built-in "biomembranes," which are layers of filters, each with its own bacteria culture. Thus, by the time water reaches the exit end, it's very clean and fit to water the grass.

This invention can help households significantly reduce their water consumption levels, seeing how not all plants require pure water, like humans do. Out of the 15,000 gallons of water each American household that has a lawn consumes yearly, several thousands could be offset with the use of the Venus filtering system. The rate at which the system works is good for the lawn and its water processing capabilities make it ideal for average homes.

But, for people to be motivated to buy such a system, they need to overcome a lot of mentalities that plague the "common belief system." Namely, using recycled water won't kill your lawn and will not generate horrible smells around your house. All it does is save fresh water from being depleted in the foreseeable future, so nations won't have to turn to alternatives.