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What laundry detergent should I use for greywater applications?

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Water and Power, Water Conservation
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...Water Resources) Check out that link to Brad’s site for more good info. on greywater detergents, and all things greywater in general: According to State of California Department of Water Resource’s Graywater Guide: Using Graywater in Your Landscape [2], specific ingredients to avoid include: -chlorine or bleach -peroxygen -sodium perborate -sodium trypochlorite -boron -borax -petroleum distillate -alkylbenzene -“whiteners” -“softeners” -“enzymatic...

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Greywater Precautions

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Water Conservation
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...we need to be careful. So here are SurviveLA’s rules to follow when using greywater: Do not apply greywater to crops that you will eat raw, such as strawberries, carrots or lettuce. Using greywater on any vegetables is somewhat dodgy in general for heath reasons, but greywater is fine for edible plants such as fruit trees where the crop is far from the ground and the risk of direct contamination by contact with contaminated water is low. Do not a...

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Greywater Guerrillas in LA this Weekend

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Water and Power, Water Conservation
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...CA 90066 Time: 7-9pm Cost: $25 To register: email Ray Cirino 818-834-7074 Greywater Design Workshop; Interested in reusing your greywater? Want to learn more about it and how to build your own system? Come to our design workshop. We’ll present you with information on the most common, low-tech, low-cost, effective, residential greywater systems. Then we’ll break into groups and help you plan a system for your own home. Participants will be emailed...

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Washing Machine Greywater Resources

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Water and Power, Water Conservation
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...at you can also turn a surge tank into a rain barrel. A description of our greywater fruit mini-orchard. Our greywater surge tank version 1.0. We’ve since added a pantyhose filter as seen above to catch lint that can clog the tank and garden hose. It’s just some threaded ABS waste pipe fittings screwed together with used pantyhose. A liquid fertilizer of the type that you could add to your greywater surge tank during a wash cycle to fertilize your...

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Water your Trees with Greywater

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Gardening, Trees, Water and Power, Water Conservation
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...to deal with our drought challenged trees here in California. So, on this greywater Monday, I thought I’d round up some previous posts and links on the subject. Laundry to Landscape International greywater guru Art Ludwig has a set of free plans on his website Oasis Designs for a laundry to landscape system. I’ve built this system at our house and at a neighbors’ and can attest to its ease of construction and functionality. Make sure you read thr...

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