Re: [CH] Other White Stuff - Greywater
Calvin Donaghey (gdonaghey@bitstreet.com)
Wed, 02 Feb 2000 20:44:27 -0600
Gareth-
I'm saving water now from the sink, but my house is on a slab foundation so
that's about all the separating I can do. Also, the last 2 significant rains we
had (June and September, I think) I set my 2" pump in the street and pumped water
into the yard. I can't use that method for peppers because someone down the
street may use weed killer on their grass. Great for the lawn and pecan trees,
though. My back garden gets water with a hose pierced with 1/8 inch plastic
tubes at each plant. The hose, of course, stays put once set around the plants.
I attach the irrigation hose to the faucet and run it about 15 -20 minutes per
week right now. The plant and surrounding soil gets water, but the spaces
between are pretty dry. I know this is hard on the plants because they send
roots several feet, but it does conserve water.
Calvin
GarryMass@aol.com wrote:
> Calvin,
> My "solution" for water rationing in the past has been to separate my grey
> water (kitchen sink, dishwasher, bathtub, showers) from my black water
> (toilets) and flood my plants with the grey water effluent. In the
> beginning, I sump pumped the greywater from a collector basin (too much
> trouble), by the end I located my plants at the end of a barely subsurface
> set of perforated PVC pipes. The phosphates in dish soap and regular soaps
> can be a bit much, however. If this notion is feasible in your location,
> switch to the lowest phosphate cleaning agents available or only connect tubs
> and showers to "greywater" system.
> Gareth