Grey Water Tank

[some_one]

Thanks mate I will suerly give em a ring and find out more.

Cheers.:2tsup:

[rhancock]

So, Wilr86 your first 6 posts are all recommending a new product.... suspicious.... I take it the Wil is short for Wilson, and the R for Richard, as on the Contact Us page: http://www.gardenresq.com.au/contactus.htm

Product looks ok though. Looks neat and compact. More details on the quality of the pump would be important, and the same for the filter. Without an assurance that these are high quality, its just a box with holes in it.

AFAIK, Brisbane City Council and QLD state govt haven't yet approved any grey water systems, so not a lot of potential here. Shame as I have a couple of clients waiting for grey water systems.

[S.O.P]

Queensland Government have approved Diversion systems. Here is the link:

http://www.lgp.qld.gov.au/?id=4077

[rhancock]

That's good then, cos I"ve got one of these: http://environmentshop.com.au/ProductDetails.asp?PID=2909

I"ll take photos tomorrow, but here's what I did:

Of course I didn't get it approved or use a plumber....

I decided to just use the bath water, as its our highest single volume usage (5 of us at home including 2 small children), its the cleanest water we throw away, and contains the least ugly chemicals.

I think the Nylex is a pretty good half way option. It cost about $130, took half an hour to install, and had kept selected parts of the garden alive. My main issue is that it doesn't store any water - the tank is only 5 litres or so, so its not great for a gravity fed system. The Nylex instructions say you should bury a 90mm slotted pipe under your yard, which is a great idea, if you thought to do it before you built the house, or landscaped the yard...

Originally I just plugged one of Bunnies $20 washing machine water diverter hoses into the Nylex diverta outlet which worked ok, but meant the grey water had to be spread on the surface which isn't good, especially with little kids who ust have to pick up the end of the hose to see whats in it.

At the moment its connected to a 20 litre water barrel with 13mm irrigation pipe connected to it, which goes out to 100mm dripper spikes (like these http://www.wisewally.com.au/) I've got it watering a small veg garden at the moment and it seems to be working a treat.

The real plan is to get one of these barrels http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330151999095&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014 and connect it to about 4 or 5 runs of 13mm pipe spread around the garden to maximise water distribution. I'll get some sponge from Clarkes rubber to put in the top to add an extra filter, as well as the filter inside, and then I will get rid of the Nylex Diverta.