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How should I divert my gray water to use in a garden?

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How should I divert my gray water to use in a garden?

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We attached a length of garden hose to our washing machine drain hose with a ring clamp. We now run it out of the laundry to the garden to water the gardens and grass. We have also switched to a phosphate free wash powder that is friendlier to the environment and wont burn your plants. Even though it is phosphate free, still do not use it on anything you intend to eat, like vegetable gardens and fruit trees. With our dish washing water, we have used a plastic container that fits into the sink, then carry it outside when we are finished. When it was really dry, and water saving was essential, we even used to use the children’s bath water to flush the toilet. We just kept it in a bucket next to the toilet and used it as needed. These are the things we have done during our level four water restrictions without having to spend thousands on rerouting plumbing and installing all sorts of filters and catchment tanks.

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Umbra Fisk wrote a good answer to a similar question in one her columns, and I think this might help you out: Congratulations on having a water-conservation strategy. All praise to those with a plan, and all praise to gray-water recycling. Gray water, other dear readers, is all the wastewater from your home excepting the toilet wastewater. The sink, shower, tub, dishwasher, and clothes washer are all gray-water sources. With a little filtering, this precious resource can be used on the landscape and returned to the water cycle without entering the public sewer first. I am not going to discuss bringing it back into the home today; that’s a whole other bucket of worms. Gray-water “contaminants” range from food waste to soap residue to dead skin. These are mainly great nutrients for plants, especially when filtered through mulch, but you will need to filter or eliminate the non-great ones. Soap and detergent ingredients to avoid are sodium, chlorine, and boron (which is, alas, a major ing

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