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JD,
I’ve gone even simpler on the new system. It’s all made with “off the shelf” Mexican parts. We buried a 400G plastic water tank, home depot
1/4hp above ground pump with a 90 micron spin filter on the output. The sediment settles in the tank. The foot valve for the pump has a strainer and a
check valve. The watering risers have a cut from a hacksaw to adjust water flow at each plant. Plants doing great. The tank has a standard tank float
switch to protect the pump from running dry.
[Edited on 7-5-2023 by RFClark]
[Edited on 7-5-2023 by RFClark]
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Cool stuff!
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Quote: Originally posted by RFClark  | JD,
I’ve gone even simpler on the new system. It’s all made with “off the shelf” Mexican parts. We buried a 400G plastic water tank, home depot
1/4hp above ground pump with a 90 micron spin filter on the output. The sediment settles in the tank. The foot valve for the pump has a strainer and a
check valve. The watering risers have a cut from a hacksaw to adjust water flow at each plant. Plants doing great. The tank has a standard tank float
switch to protect the pump from running dry.
[Edited on 7-5-2023 by RFClark]
[Edited on 7-5-2023 by RFClark] |
One of your neighbors on the beachfront had a system like that, but it had a
major issue with smell. When you store grey water in a tank it gets very stinky, very quickly, and from what I understand, becomes a toxic bacterial
soup. When they irrigated with that stored grey water the smell next door downwind was unbearable.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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| Quote: Originally posted by tiotomasbcs | | Todos Santos is trying hard to repel fast growth w/o regards to water, power, trash issues.....but Big Money is moving in! Still a good place to
live. I've been here since early 90s and our core community is working to keep it Alive and culturally enjoyable! IMHO |
I wonder if there is any plans to develop a water system for Los Cerritos or are they just planning on having a city there completely dependent on
trucked in water? The sheer number of pipas hauling in water and hauling out the chit, is getting ridiculous. I can't believe that they continue to
permit condominiums without requiring them to build any sewage treatment infrastructure.
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| Quote: Originally posted by monoloco | One of your neighbors on the beachfront had a system like that, but it had a major issue with smell. When you store grey water in a tank it gets very
stinky, very quickly, and from what I understand, becomes a toxic bacterial soup. When they irrigated with that stored grey water the smell next door
downwind was unbearable.
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In the late 70s I built an irrigation system for our family garden and fruit trees. It was during a severe drought year in Northern California, so we
did our part to recycle our grey water.
I was able to use gravity flow from the house to the garden, so did not have to pump or store the water long term. We did not have any problem with
odors. I did install a home built ten gallon separator to filter out solids, and only used an organic cleanser that I had faith in to break down
naturally.
If your neighbor has a garbage disposal discharging into the grey water system, that will make things worse. Garbage disposals also shorten the time
between septic tank service calls.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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We add H2O2 to the gray water tank to reduce the smell and kill the bad bugs.
You need to dump the grease and food waste into the septic system where it belongs.
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | | Quote: Originally posted by monoloco | One of your neighbors on the beachfront had a system like that, but it had a major issue with smell. When you store grey water in a tank it gets very
stinky, very quickly, and from what I understand, becomes a toxic bacterial soup. When they irrigated with that stored grey water the smell next door
downwind was unbearable.
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In the late 70s I built an irrigation system for our family garden and fruit trees. It was during a severe drought year in Northern California, so we
did our part to recycle our grey water.
I was able to use gravity flow from the house to the garden, so did not have to pump or store the water long term. We did not have any problem with
odors. I did install a home built ten gallon separator to filter out solids, and only used an organic cleanser that I had faith in to break down
naturally.
If your neighbor has a garbage disposal discharging into the grey water system, that will make things worse. Garbage disposals also shorten the time
between septic tank service calls. |
That's pretty much what we do. All the bathrooms have shower and sink
water going to different zones, as well as the laundry water, and the grey water from the kitchen goes into a grease trap and flows out a pipe
connected to a hose that can be moved around to different areas. The grease trap can be cleaned out and drained into the septic system by opening a
valve.
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