Re: [CH] Grey Water/ semi- ot- rambling
luke speer (lukasz@midcoast.com.au)
Fri, 04 Feb 2000 20:38:09 +1100
Byron Bromley wrote:
>
> Before you folks do this check your local ordinances. Some places have heavy
> fines for doing it. Just a word of caution
>
> Luke in oz replied:
I was doing this some years ago and got pinged by the local Council, Had a
septic system in and the ground here is 6 inches of topsoil over yellow shale..
So I was trying to save my self the Pump out Fees of $42 oz per fortnight
[currently running about $90] - I got sewerage about 8-9 yrs ago and when we
went into a El Nino Pattern 6 yrs ago the Council sent out literature suggesting
we all use our Grey water to irragate the gardens..
I was pretty %$%*&^ off, believe me..
FWIW when we were renting yrs ago we lived in a small upstairs 1 bed place, The
landlord who lived below, spent the best part of a year remodeling his bathroom
and set up a temporary shower in his external Laundry which was below the steps,
I had a small Chile plant growing there and it flourished as did a self sown
Tomato which grew to about 6 ft with a stem about 2 inches thick,
[note this was soap and possibly shampoo only, although he was a miserable sob
and I could not see him purchasing shampoo without a gun to his head.]
I don't think clothes detergent is terribly good for the garden, too many
phosphates but look at soap favorably..
Lukle in Oz