[permaculture-oceania] Grey water reticulation

[len organicpc]

g'day dick,

typical of councils overkill for preventing the possible (not probable) 
unknown (well it should be known but with litigation they have to be 
careful).

if you use a grease trap or any sort of tank in the system and water gets 
held instead of being used eimmidiately the water is going to get smelly and 
bacteria have a better chance of building up, my experience is grey water is 
better deleivered directly to food trees of food plants, i always deliver it 
under my mulch layer for no other reason than i don't want to lose any 
through evaporation.

the next thing is whatever you do in your own yard keep to yourself that way 
no one can get anxcious hey?? we have been suing our grey water mostly 
laundry and bath this way for over 15 years now and none of our neighbours 
has suffered not have we even when used for veges (which need more water 
than fruit trees).

if you incorporate a tank to take the water then let it gravity feed 
continualy set the tank up to drain completely, no good in smellying up good 
fresh grey water.

more and more around these north brissy sub's i am seeing extension hoses on 
washing machines wasting good water that could go to gardens on lawns, 
they're not using any tanks.

also on our remedies page is a home made detergent recipe, the wife swears 
by it as do many others who now use it.

all come down to good old common sense, with councils and neighbours "what 
the eye don't see/ears don't hear, the heart won't yearn for"



With peace and brightest of blessings,

len

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.gardenlen.com





>From: "Dick Copeman" <dcopeman at powerup.com.au>
>Reply-To: permaculture-oceania <permaculture-oceania at lists.cat.org.au>
>To: "permaculture-oceania" <permaculture-oceania at lists.cat.org.au>
>Subject: [permaculture-oceania] Grey water reticulation
>Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 22:32:05 +1000
>
>I am seeking advice about reticulating grey water to young fruit trees in a
>backyard garden.
>
>Our city council (Brisbane) is requiring that grey water be sent first to a
>surge tank and then be reticulated at least 100mm below the surface. I have
>found a source of cheap recycled drums to make a surge tank with but I am
>having difficulty working out the best option for the under-surface
>reticulation.
>
>One off-the-shelf option that I have found is 13mm purple sullage hose with
>non-blocking drip holes, but only one hole every 300mm. This comes in a
>minimum length of 200m and costs $428(!) - way too expensive and the holes
>would seem to too far apart. The other option is 50mm slotted ag-pipe, 
>which
>seems to be too large a diameter for watering a young fruit tree. One
>irrigation supply fellow suggested I use 19 mm poly pipe and drill or cut 
>my
>own holes or slots in it. There is also a 25mm unslotted ag pipe, which I
>could drill or cut holes or slots into. Has anyone had experience of doing
>that and what size holes or slots did you use? We have a silty clay loam
>soil so small holes may get blocked by clay particles or by particles or
>gunge in the grey water or by fine roots.
>
>There are a few other products designed for fresh water use, including the
>brown 'Drip Eze' tubing, the black and blue 'Drip Tube' and the recycled
>rubber 'Water weeper' tubing? There are also the trickler or drip 
>irrigation
>fittings that you punch into poly pipe. Has anyone tried any of these with
>grey water under the soil or even under deep mulch?  Also, how did you
>filter the grey water?  The filters available for fresh water irrigation 
>are
>very fine and would need cleaning every second day, I would imagine, if 
>used
>with grey water.
>
>I trust others have faced this problem. I hope you can share your
>experiences with me.
>
>Dick Copeman
>17 Lindon St, Dutton Park  4102
>Ph 07 3255 0731, Mob 0439 728 992, Fx 07 3411 5530
>
>
>
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