Grey water

[undyingking]

Has anyone got experience of, or knowledge about, collecting grey water for garden use?

My current plan is to attach a water butt to the external downpipe from our shower, like the one that collects rainwater on the guttering downpipe. What do I need to consider?

For example, does gribble collect in the butt, that might need clearing out or treatment? What's the pH of the collected water going to be like? Do you need to let it stand before using it on the garden? And other such things that I haven't thought of.

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[undyingking.livejournal.com]

We generally don't use chemicals in the garden, so it seems a shame to compromise that with our grey water. Although maybe saving the water is more important. Difficult to evaluate some of this eco stuff!

My hope was that someone would post here saying something like "That's OK, sitting in the butt for a few days will allow all the harmful chemicals to break down / settle / etc, or you can put barley straw or something in the butt that will have the same effect" but no joy yet...