Easy Greywater System

Super easy steps to reduce your water consumption through use of greywater. Simply fill up buckets with excess water from your shower and sink and use it to flush the toilet.

Step 1 Buckets!

Obtain medium sized buckets in order to fill up with water either from your sink or shower.

Comments

[SpeakForTheTrees]

I started doing this about a month ago when I had an unfixable leak in my bathroom sink. Now I've got it down to a science. My shower water, however, that my roommates and I have been doing for a while, and that gets used for plants, cats and anything that's going to be boiled.

[justbennett]

You boil your cats and plants?! Hahahar.

[tinker234]

i love the idea i wonder if i could make this so it would store in the tank and use it agin

[diy_bloke]

Have been doing this for a long time already, really makes a difference in water consumption. Just watch out, if you poor in the water too fast, it will easily go over the edge at the front, wetting yr shoes

[372752]

It's a great idea here in Arizona SRP is our water company and of course water is free they just charge for the fee of cleaning it of bacteria and etc. But what we don't know they also charge you to take it out of your house to dispose of it and clean it but this water gets sold to farmers yet still clean but sold to farms

[mrfoltz]

We keep the plug in the bath tub while we take a shower. Then pour it into 5 gallon pails and use it for the toilets... works great! Also, we have a jug by the Kitchen sink and pour any excess water in there that we use for cleaning veggies and fruit (instead of rinsing them, we soak them) and when we do the dishes, we have a double sink (1 wash-1 rinse), we pour the rinse water in there as well and use the water from our de-humidifier and use it to water the plants... Great work!!!

[jayufa]

 it's great to use the water from waiting for it to heat up, but it's not actually greywater...it's fresh water being used for the first time. 

[jtobako]

From the pic in no.4, I'd say you haven't been doing this long or you would have remembered to lift the seat ; )

[dmcunningham]

Now the thing is for me to find a place to store these filled buckets when not being filled. Thank you for sharing your technique on using grey water.

[steelnix]

I do this with water from my dehumidifier.....great instructable!!! Step 3 is to funny...especially the picture...

[Mr. Rig It]

Good idea.