Oasis Design: Grey Water Books, Ecological Design Information & Consulting.
Comprehensive resource for greywater systems. My brain is spinning…
Recommended by the folks at Homegrown Evolution. I’m also interested in The Builder’s Greywater Guide.
Under sink greywater system
February 22, 2009
I was originally looking at peddlerswagon.com site for these olla pottery jugs that are buried underground and use capillary action to wick water to plants’ roots. There doesn’t seem to be any information currently available about them, so I was poking around the site and found this Aqus under sink greywater system. It captures water used in the sink and uses it to fill the toilet instead of drinking water. Unfortunately it doesn’t currently work with dual-flush toilets, which I have my heart set on, but hopefully they’ll develop that soon. Great idea.
The catalyst for this blog…
December 12, 2007
was this heat reclamation system. I’ve long been interested in greywater systems and found this the other night. Makes perfect sense to use some of that “waste” heat to preheat your incoming line. Seems as though they’re only effective on water that drains continuously, such as when using a shower. Any experience with these? I love the idea but I’m wondering about the statistics for actual heat reclamation. Is that a percentage for the times you use the shower, or in general? Seems high if it only works for continuous use things. Seems it would be fairly easy to incorporate into a new-build.
Make sure to check out the fabulous and informative video. Heh.
