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Scr (GA)
This post is not about filtering drinking water or reusing water. I am searching for an inline filtering system to catch organic and bio materials (Greywater) that flow from sinks, showers, and washing machines BEFORE THE MATERIAL ENTERS the drainage system of a home, or instructions on how to build a filtering system.
I am in the planning stages of building a 384 sq foot, wood frame cottage on 14 rural acres. I will be the only occupant and live there full time. I will have one sink (in kitchen, no bathroom sink), 1 shower, a mini size dishwasher, and a mini size clotheswasher. The state will allow a composting toilet that meets state standards, but requires a septic system for greywater.
I do not want a septic system. The reasons I do not want a septic system are: clear cutting and land destruction endemic to tank and leachfield installation; the thousands of dollars required to install septic systems; and my personal living habits, which are: natural cleaning products such as cleaning vinegar and pumice stone; castile soaps for clothes and dish washing; bodycare products are handmade soaps, mineral and cocconut oils - I do not use makeup nor commercial deoderants. I compost all vegetable waste; do not eat meat nor cook using animal fats; I recycle so intensely I only acquire in a three to four month period about 3 gallons of non-recyclable trash for city collection.
I am planning an appeal to the state based on an alternative greywater filtering system that will stop the organic and bio materials before they enter or exit the plumbing lines. There must be one! although I have not been able to find it through online searching.
Can someone assist me in finding or designing a greywater filtering system? Thank you! Sarah
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hi (TX)
you are maybe thinking of a lint filter from the washing machine. Lint from washers can pass thru the septic tank and plug the leach field. Some think that softners like Downey can also chemically plug the leach field. Avoid the fabric softners
[www.septicsafe.com]
My experience is that they do catch the lint but are real hard to maintain.
You may just want want a small lint catcher to put in a wash basin next to the sink.
[www.amazon.com]
This may be more appropriate:
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also make sure the septic tank has a filter on the outflow (effluent side) and it is washed out by garden hose every 6 months this is your last chance to catch leach field clogging material
[www.septicsolutions.net]
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how to clean the septic tank filter:
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here is one from Home depot. I think I would try this if you have a laundry tub They are easy to clean out.
[www.homedepot.com]
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greywater (CA)
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