Greywater or Gray Water System Products

Gray water component & equipment suppliers:

This article provides sources of gray water system eqiupment & components such as filters, stations, & irrigation systems.

Shown at page top is a clean design for onsite greywater disposal using a sketch from Clivus Multrum (see links below).

This article series describes how to buy, install & use graywater systems to conserve water or relieve septic system loading: using a greywater distribution or greywater diversion system.

Graywater System Products, Greywater Diversion Systems

Gray Water Pumps, Tanks, Books and Design Specifications For Graywater Systems

In addition to explaining graywater systems we list and compare other sources of water for use on lawns, gardens, orchards, or for purification as drinking water. We also include links to greywater system references and books.

Shown just above is a sketch of a typical graywater filter.

• BUY GREYWATER BOOKS ONLINE [web page] providing book recommendations such as
• Builder's Greywater Guide, [book for sale at Amazon] Art Ludwig. Oasis Design, 2006, ISBN-10: 0964343320 ISBN-13: 978-0964343320
• CREATE AN OASIS WITH GREYWATER, CHOOSING, BUILDING, AND USING GREYWATER SYSTEMS includes Branched Drains, Art Ludwig, Oasis Design, 2006, ISBN 0964343398
  
• Greywater Recycling Kits & Equipment from The Natural Home Building Source: http://www.thenaturalhome.com/greywater.html
• Graywater Central - online web with design information http://www.graywater.net/
• GREYWATER FREEZE PROTECTION - lists additional suppliers of equipment helpful in designing & building grey water systems for cold & freezing climates.
• Access Water Energy, PO Box 2061, Moorabbin, VIC 3189, Australia, Tel: 1300 797 758, email: sales@accesswater.com.au Moorabbin Office: Kingston Trade Centre, 100 Cochranes Rd, Moorabbin, VIC 3189
  
  Australian supplier of: Greywater systems, Solar power to grid packages, Edwards solar systems, Vulcan compact solar systems, water & solar system pumps & controls, and a wide rage of above ground & under ground water storage tanks: concrete, steel, plastic, modular, and bladder storage tanks.
• Aqua2use Grey Water System (GWDD), Water Wise Group, Inc., 1580 Granache Way, Templeton, CA 93465, Phone: (805) 468-4920 Remy Sabiani - remy@waterwisegroup.com
• Alter, Lloyd. “Roca Toilet Integrates Sink, Grey Water Cistern.” (2009), TreeHugger [Website] retrived 2018/0627, original source: https://www.treehugger.com/bathroom-design/roca-toilet-integrates-sink-grey-water-cistern.html
• Eco John describes two incinerating toilet models: EcoJohn Sr - "A highly efficient, waterless toilet that incinerates the waste with propane. This is a toilet that is ideal for cabins, pool houses, guest rooms, or other remote areas where a conventional toilet is not available or too costly to install."
  
  and EcoJohn Jr Pr1 System "
  
  This is a new revolutionary system that incinerates gray/black water from a holding tank. This system is perfect in areas where a water toilet is needed, but pumping out the waste is problematic or too costly."
  
  This grey water and waterless toilet system that includes an incinerator for graywater that marries with a low-water toilet, the the EcoJohn Jr which is includes a sewage and graywater incinerating unit. The EcoJohn Jr. uses a low-flush toilet (not a waterless toilet). This is an incinerating unit not a composting toilet and not a chemical toilet system.
  
  Also see TOILETS, WATERLESS ALTERNATIVES

• FLOTENDER GREYWATER IRRIGATION SYSTEMS- We manufacture greywater irrigation systems. Contact information is given below at GreyLink. Quoting the company's product description:
  
  Flotender is designed for one or two zone irrigation systems where a portion of the landscape is to be irrigated with greywater. Flotender and GreyLink include nearly identical greywater processors with the only difference being the omission of an auto-fill sensor in the Flotender models.

Image at left illlustrates GreyLink's self-cleaning greywater filter. [Click to enlarge any image]

• GREYLINK GREYWATER IRRIGATION SYSTEMS - quoting from the company's website:
  
  GreyLink is the "whole landscape greywater irrigation solution." GreyLink's integrated feature set provides advanced reporting and precise control over the irrigation system while delivering substantial water savings. GreyLink is best utilized when the goal is to utilize greywater on an entire medium to large sized landscape.
  
  
  • Filtrific Water Feature Equipment & Greylink Greywater Irrigation Systems
  • GreyLink™ by Filtrific®, 13212 NE 16th St., Suite 101, Bellevue, WA 98005, Tel: 800.906.0604 - Fax: 425.482.9559 Email: support@greylinksystem.com Website: http://www.filtrific.com Website: http://www.greylinksystem.com and Website: http://www.flotender.com

• CLIVIS MULTRUM greywater systems use a holding chamber, effluent pump, and an onsite irrigation chamber (see our Gravelless septic system components information) to dispose of graywater.
  
  The sketch of a greywater handling and disposal system shown here is from the Clivus Multrum website where more details of system operation are provided. Where soil conditions and site space permit onsite graywater disposal this system design can significantly reduce the wastewater load on the septic or "blackwater" system.
  
  Clivus Multrum has long experience with composting toilets (CM was an early designer of composting toilets) and greywater disposal systems.
• CONTACT Us to list your product or service here - if you are a manufacturer of composting toilets or other alternative wastewater treatment system equipment your product may be listed at no fee. Website content critique, additions, and suggestions are also invited.

Graywter System Resources

• American Rainwater Cachment Systems Association (ARCSA), 823 Congress Avenue, Suite 230, Austin, TX 78701, 512-617-6528 Email: info@arcsa.org. Quoting from the association's website:
  The Mission of the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association is to promote sustainable rainwater harvesting practices to help solve potable, non-potable, stormwater and energy challenges throughout the world.
  
• The American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in 1994 by Dr. Hari J. Krishna in Austin, Texas, to promote rainwater catchment systems in the United States. Our memberships consist of professionals working in city, state, and federal government, academia, manufacturers and suppliers of rainwater harvesting equipment, consultants, and other interested individuals. Membership is not limited to the United States, and we encourage all rainwater harvesting enthusiasts to join our organization. Local responsibilities are often delegated to ARCSA's Regional Representatives.
• Aqua2use Grey Water System (GWDD), Water Wise Group, Inc. 1580 Granache Way, Templeton, CA 93465, Phone: (805) 468-4920, Remy Sabiani, Email: remy@waterwisegroup.com.
  Thanks to Mr. Sabiani for technical review and critique, 01/25/2011.
  A YouTube video explains what greywater is, and how the Aqua2use works.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN6yyuSg5Kw
• Winward, Gideon P., Lisa M. Avery, Tom Stephenson, and Bruce Jefferson. "Chlorine disinfection of grey water for reuse: Effect of organics and particles." Water research 42, no. 1 (2008): 483-491.
• Cawley, William E., and Basil W. Mercer. "Water recycle system." U.S. Patent 4,812,237, issued March 14, 1989.
  Abstract:
  A closed water purification and recycle system processes domestic wastewater to produce potable water for cooking, drinking and dishwashing and water suitable for general household use, such as washing clothes and personal hygiene.
  
  The system consists of septic tanks, a biological sand filter, an ultrafilter, a disinfection unit, pumps, valves, water quality and quantity sensors to monitor and control the process. The system also includes an incinerator toilet to eliminate the need for toilet flush water. Water for cooking, drinking and dishwashing is produced by a still using some of the recycled water for feed.
  
  The quality of the recycled water is monitored to assure the product water is suitable for the intended uses. Water thus produced is stored until reused. The system will be automatically shut down if the final product water quality does not meet specifications.
  
  Blowdown containing concentrated salts from the still is evaporated and incinerated in the incinerator toilet to maintain a satisfactory concentration of salts in the recycled water.
  
  The system equipment is designed and sized to allow unattended operation between inspections, scheduled periodically, at which time routine maintenance is performed and makeup water is added to the system to replace water lost to evaporation.
• BUY GREYWATER BOOKS ONLINE - here is our list of recommended books on graywater systems
• Graywater and Rainwater System Plans from Ecological Engineering
• Builder's Greywater Guide, Art Ludwig. Oasis Design, 2006, ISBN-10: 0964343320 ISBN-13: 978-0964343320
• Create an Oasis with Greywater, Choosing, Building, and Using Greywater Systems - includes Branched Drains, Art Ludwig, Oasis Design, 2006, ISBN 0964343398
• the Culture of Technology, Arnold Pacey,
• Effects of Water Age on Distribution System Water Quality, American Water Works Association.
• Rainwater Catchment Systems for Domestic Supply, John Gould and Erik Nissen-Petersen. Intermediate Technology Publications, 1999.
• Sand filters See www.oasisdesign.net/water/treatment/slowsandfilter.htm.
• Septic System Owner's Manual, Lloyd Kahn, Blair Allen, Julie Jones, Shelter Publications; (February 1, 2007), ISBN-10: 0936070404, ISBN-13: 978-0936070407
  More than 28 million households have septic systems, but few homeowners know how they operate or how to maintain them. This clearly written, illustrated guide addresses that need, emphasizing conventional septic systems powered by gravity flow, filtering through soil, and the natural soil organisms that purify sewage. The book discusses maintenance, what to do if things go wrong, and alternative systems such as mounds and sand filters. Additional chapters cover graywater systems, composting toilets, and a unique history of water-borne waste disposal. This expanded edition contains three new chapters.
• Woodson, R. Dodge, Builder's Guide to Wells & Septic Systems, ISBN-13: 978-0070717824 ISBN-10: 0070717826
• Slow Sand Filtration, Huisman L. and Wood, W.E., WHO 1974
• Steel Water Storage Tanks: Design, Construction, Maintenance, and Repair, Steve Meier, American Water Works Association, McGraw-Hill Professional; (March 22, 2010) ISBN-10: 0071549382, ISBN-13: 978-0071549387
• Mays, Larry W., Stormwater Collection Systems Design Handbook, ISBN-13: 978-0071354714 ISBN-10: 0071354719 ,
• Surface Water Treatment Rule US Environmental Protection Agency US EPA SURFACE WATER TREATMENT RULES [PDF] US Environmental Protection Agency retrieved 2019/12/13 original source: https://www.epa.gov/dwreginfo/surface-water-treatment-rules..
• Tank Construction Procedures Steve Burgess, Edoret Region Company P.O. Box 6495, Eldoret, Kenya. Fax 254-321-62472. sburgess@maf.org.
• Technology and Developing Countries, Practical Applications, Theoretical Issues, (Science, Technology, & Development), Routeledge.
  
  The relationship between technology and development is explored by economists, policy analysts and other experts. The adoption of technology is studied in five main areas agriculture, energy, infrastructure, the introduction of technology and the success and constraints of technological diffusion as a whole.
  
  This volume also examines the technology transfer between North and South from a perspective of training, environmental impact and aid dependency.
  
  The emphasis is not placed simply on finding problems, but ways forward are examined. By bringing together both practical and intellectual analysis, this collection signposts future directions in the technologydevelopment relationship.

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• ALTERNATIVE & WATERLESS TOILETS we describe other graywater systems such as toilet tank top mounted sinks that feed graywater directly into the toilet flush tank.
• CISTERN & RAINWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS a combination of rainwater collection and graywater collection, diversion, re-use on a home built in an area of water scarcity.
• GREYWATER SYSTEMS - home
• DEFINITION of GRAYWATER SYSTEMS
• FILTERS SEPTIC & GREYWATER used to protect septic systems from debris in graywater, the first step in making graywater useful for watering grass, trees, plants, etc.
• TYPES of GRAYWATER SYTEMS PRODUCTS
• USE GRAYWATER to REDUCE SEPTIC LOAD
• GREYWATER DISINFECTION BEFORE RE-USE
• GREYWATER FREEZE PROTECTION
• GREYWATER CODES & REGULATIONS
• GREYWATER FLUSH TOILETS
• GREYWATER RE-USE & RAINWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS
• GREYWATER SYSTEM PRODUCTS, SUPPLIERS

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