Very interesting. I have thought about doing something similar for years. My basic research on the web suggested it was a bad idea and that I would encounter all sorts of trouble with bad things that would grow in the water unless I filtered and chlorinated it etc. That sort of held me back. I planned to pick up water from the showers and re-cycle it to flush the toilets. I still think that if the storage tank was small enough, it would re-cycle soon enough not to be a problem. However the cost of setting the thing up has deterred me as I don't want to do it and then find out it does cause trouble. Our water is cheap enough here that it likely wouldn't pay back for quite a while and would be a fair amount of work. I would need a separate water pressure system for the toilet feeds so would have to have a pump etc. The rest is just basically pipe and time. I thought to use one of the plastic sump pump pits and bury it in the basement floor so it was out of the way. Would need to be set up to drain if too much shower water went in and have some sort of float valve to add fresh water if it ran low. The filter is the major obstacle. Would it be sufficient to just screen it somehow or would I need to do something better? A swimming pool filter might work but it gets complicated if one goes to far. Needs to be simple.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of harry watkins Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:15 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] OT was what about you, now Washer Lint If you really won't lint, strain the washer water. I plumbed my house for both black and gray sewage. The black goes directly to the septic plant. The gray goes to a settlement barrel, then to a 55 gallon barrel with a float operated pump. I made a six port manifold that allows gray water to be directed to various places in the yard and discharged through homemade PVC sprinkler heads. The lint caught in a strainer at the 55 gal barrel is more than I ever dreamed. I don't see how clothes last as long as they do. I installed valves that allow me to send gray water to the plant in case something goes wrong with the pumping system. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
