[Strawbale] Greywater Re: rainwater catchment for toilets?

[EarthFlow Design Works]

You may want to reconsider draining a sick into your cistern, even if 
you never want to drink that water. The organic matter from washing 
your dishes will decompose, making your water funky and stinky.

A basic rule of thumb is to never store greywater, for that very reason.

Why not just run your sinkwater out to your garden for direct irrigation?

Kathryn Santoyo


EarthFlow Design Works
<http://earthflow.com>http://earthflow.com


>We are going to have one
>sink which will drain directly into our cistern, dedicated to washing
>vegetables and rinsing dishes (washed with phosphate free detergent) to make
>sure we'll never run out of water for toilets and irrigation. This way we
>need no backflow preventors and no reason to connect our domestic water to
>our rainwater cistern.
>  >> Erica
>>>
>>>  Erica Konrad/Michael Bowick
>>>  Box 314, New Denver, BC
>  >> V0G 1S0
>
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