Extreme water use, thoughts on recycling

[kalebjarrod]

I have been doing my normal amount of water changes and am getting a little jack of watering the garden with 400lts a day

has anyone thought of collecting there "water changes" and useing the collected water to flush toilets?

i am toying with the concept and have a plan but was gonna seek some forum feedback first

what else could i use the water for?

what sort of storage containers are on the market at the moment (i would like something thin and stylish) maybe to go under my work bench?

[Ben]

Ryan, i was only thinking of the same thing last week! Really what can be done with the used water?
The only thing i could think of was set up a hydoponic set up! and grow some vegies!
and have the greenest lawn in the street!

cheers,
Ben

[kalebjarrod]

i was thinking of a self priming presure pump hooked directly into your systen from your storage container, i would need a float in the very bottom of the storage tank for townwater when/if i ran out of recycled water

I have two toilets and two kids so i go through alot of water

any one else?

[jwight]

I have seen your exploits of a mad man post and you certainly dont need any help on how to do it. Starting Architecture myself they drum into you the idea of recycling and I was looking to recycle my water effectively. Taking buckets out to the garden is to hard! A small rain water tank with a pump hooked up to the toilets, garden, next doors garden ... would work here etc etc depends on how much water lol.

[kalebjarrod]

I am heavily involed with L/A's myself and they constantly drum the recycle theme

i was thinking of starting to test some thoughts tonight

[Fishpimpin73]

Now if you wanted to go full on "recycle" you could build a small purifier.
Use the "cleaned" water for your dishwasher or laundry, even washing the car.....

As far as uses for tank water go........

Other than gardening, you are really limited bc it is "tech" waste water.

I have been considering doing something in my garden space with the 100 or so gallons a week that I go through.

Let us know what you end up doing!

You deff peaked my interest.

GO MAD MAN GO!!!

[kalebjarrod]

can you fine particle clean water then RO it for a purer source?

How clean would that be?

[jwight]

You could wash the car anyway with Aquarium water its clear, isn't it? water garden, flush toilets, its hard to find things your are right, clean floors, Im not sure its clear, but would it make a smell? If it doesn't smell you can do all sorts of things like shower as long as you dont drink it. I think anyway you may have different views.

[kalebjarrod]

i think it would smell a bit fishy to shower in

toilets yes, but hard to think of other uses?

[Fishpimpin73]

can you fine particle clean water then RO it for a purer source?

How clean would that be?

Depending on what you want to use it for.......

I would recc boiling, then micron filtering the water.
Especially if you have any tannins from DW.
Also there may be a chem issue with peat filtered water also.

You may have to do some PH research.