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[Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hello,

If the machine cannot pump it that high, just use a sump pump and
utility tub to catch the gray water from the machine.

If soap contents worry you, buy environmentaly safe laundry soap.

Later,
Tom

Bill Russell wrote:

>  >From reading the go around on using gray water, a couple of
> questions came
> to mind:
>
> Has anyone heard warnings against using low-phosphate gray water in
> the
> vegetable garden?
>
> How high can the discharge pump of a typical clothes washer lift the
> gray
> water? Since our clothes washer is in the basement and about 5 feet
> below
> ground level, I was wondering if I could simply reroute the discharge
> to the
> garden.
>
> Bill, Z5
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ginda Fisher" <ginda@concentric.net>
> To: <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 10:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [nafex] drought
>
>
> > How bad is typical laundry detergent?  What should I watch out for?
> > I've been thinking of getting a small sump-pump to move the rinse
> water
> > from the laundry up to the back yard.  (Hauling it by bucket
> involves
> > carrying it through too many rooms where a spill would be
> troublesome,
> > but a hose up and out the window looks do-able.)
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, March 3, 2002, at 10:09 PM, Doreen Howard wrote:
> >
> > > Ginda,
> > > Even if you have water restrictions due to drought this summer,
> you can
> > > water a new currant bush or two with gray water--leftover water
> from the
> > > house.  The dog or cat's stale water dish (instead of dumping it),
>
> > > dishwashing water, bath water, even washing machine water, if you
> don't
> > > use
> > > phosphate-loaded soaps.  I grew up in arid So. Calif. where we
> watched
> > > our
> > > water consumption all the time.  I remember how my Dad rigged the
> hose
> > > from
> > > the washing machine to pour into his vegetable garden.  And we
> used to
> > > haul
> > > dish water out to the lemon and banana trees all the time.
> > > Doreen Howard,
> > > Wisconsin, Zone 4b, where winter finally arrived--2 feet of snow
> fell
> > > in the
> > > last two days.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Ginda Fisher" <ginda@concentric.net>
> > > To: "NAFEX" <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 8:14 PM
> > > Subject: [nafex] drought
> > >
> > >
> > >> I was planning on putting in several shrubs this spring
> (including a
> > >> couple of currants, so this isn't entirely off-topic) but we've
> had an
> > >> unusually warm and dry winter, and I'm worried we'll have a
> drought
> > >> this
> > >> summer.  I can probably water anyway (my town rarely has tight
> water
> > >> restrictions - every-other day is about as bad as I've seen it)
> but I
> > >> wonder if I ought to just wait a year.
> > >>
> > >> In some ways, how much it rains during the spring and summer may
> be
> > >> more
> > >> important to success than how wet the winter was, but if it's
> generally
> > >> dry, maybe more water would be needed.  And then, even if we
> don't hve
> > >> real watering restrictions, I don't want to be wasteful in a dry
> year.
> > >>
> > >> Any thoughts?
> > >>
> > >> Ginda FIsher
> > >> eastern Mass, zone 6
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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