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Step 6Let it flow!
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RULES FOR GREYWATER:
1. Use only detergent labeled for greywater use (most grocery/market stores sell it now).
2. Never spray greywater, it has to be applied directly to the soil. Do not use it to water vegetables. It is ok to water fruit trees, ornamental plants, trees shrubs if applied to the soil (best if applied under a layer of mulch).
3. Never let greywater go down the storm drain. Make sure you water away from where it could ever overflow out of your yard in to the storm drain.
4. Do not water lawns with greywater. Do not use greywater where people will come in contact with it.
5. Make sure trash can is elevated on a cooler or cinder blocks to allow for good flow.
6.Check for kinks/obstructions in the hose line (could cause backup).
7. If you need to use bleach or non-greywater detergents, be sure you move the line to go back down the sewer drain.
RULES FOR GREYWATER:
1. Use only detergent labeled for greywater use (most grocery/market stores sell it now).
2. Never spray greywater, it has to be applied directly to the soil. Do not use it to water vegetables. It is ok to water fruit trees, ornamental plants, trees shrubs if applied to the soil (best if applied under a layer of mulch).
3. Never let greywater go down the storm drain. Make sure you water away from where it could ever overflow out of your yard in to the storm drain.
4. Do not water lawns with greywater. Do not use greywater where people will come in contact with it.
5. Make sure trash can is elevated on a cooler or cinder blocks to allow for good flow.
6.Check for kinks/obstructions in the hose line (could cause backup).
7. If you need to use bleach or non-greywater detergents, be sure you move the line to go back down the sewer drain.
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As for not letting it go where people can come in contact with any soap or sweat from your clothes, heck, they say your detergents are still there after washing and you sleep on your sheets and it gets absorbed into your skin. But that's why he did not put the wash water on the lawn, he didn't want bacteria from the wash on his lawn.
His washer was in the end of the kitchen. He could hear when the machine stopped its first spin and changed the hose over to his recycle tank which was an old galvanized wash pan with a garden hose going out the back door.
I have thought of this the last year, living in Los Angeles also. I like your idea about biogradable detergent and will try it. If it doesn't get my chothes clean as Tide, I'm going to the rince water only method. I'm not wearing grey clothes lol.
Great Instructable :)