EXCLUSIVE: Tom Murphy Busted in Arizona

Apparently, Tom Murphy, self-described inventor of the quirky “Reclamator” home water-reuse device, has been busy inventing new professions for himself. At least one particular profession might force him to hire an attorney — a real one — to keep him out of mounting legal troubles. The sometimes volatile Murphy was arrested Tuesday . . . → Read More: EXCLUSIVE: Tom Murphy Busted in Arizona

“Reclamator” Man Sues Everybody

Rebuffed by Los Osos and the courts of San Luis Obispo County, urban wastewater cowboy Tom Murphy, proprietor of “The Reclamator” onsite system, is back pawing familiar ground and has turned himself into a perpetual suit-filing machine. His target for the new year: Everybody.

Holed up in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, Murphy has been firing off rounds of lawyerless suits in federal courts against the federal government, the EPA, the State of California, and Lake Havasu City. Filing suits is nothing new for Murphy – it’s always been his calling card — but he may have already played all his cards and used up his suit quota for 2010 just in January and February alone.

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“Reclamator” Man Exits Los Osos

Tom Murphy installs the Reclamator

Tom Murphy installs the Reclamator in March 2008

The end of “The Reclamator” came not with a bang, but with a gurgle.

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