Your shopping bag is empty!
What is the best price and final cost of a grey water recycling system?
To answer this question, you will need to evaluate what you are getting in a grey water recycling system. Below we address some questions you should be considering when choosing a grey water recycling system.
What are you doing with the grey water?
If you are reusing grey water in your toilet, do you really want water that looks grey in your toilet when you flush it? Do you use more water flushing your toilets or watering your landscape?
How are you watering your landscape with grey water?
Because it is grey water you should use drip irrigation instead of spraying it with a hose or using a sprinkler. Since you will be using drip irrigation, is the grey water recycling system going to properly filter the water for a drip system? What about if you are using washing machine water? Is the filtering system going to be good enough to filter out the lint without clogging up all the time?
How much maintenance is involved with the grey water system?
Are the pump and the filters going to clog up every time you use it? How hard is it to service the filters or change the pump if it fails? What happens when the reservoir runs out of water? Does the pump automatically shut off?
What do you do with the grey water when you don’t need to water?
In the winter when you don’t need to water, what does the grey water recycling system do with the grey water? Does it send it down the drain? Does it water plants under the eaves than don’t receive any rainfall? Does it water plants under big trees, or on top of mounds, that don’t get much water even during the rainy periods?
What is the final installed cost of the grey water recycling system?
Whether you are installing the grey water recycling system yourself or contracting it out, how difficult is it going to be to install? Does the grey water recycling kit come with good instructions? Do you have electrical power where you need it?
What is the return on your investment?
Are you saving money on your water bill from installing a grey water system? Does your landscape look better because it is getting proper, consistent watering? Are you spending less time weeding because you are only watering the plants that you want? Do you feel better because you are watering with grey water instead of drinking water? Does it feel better knowing that when you are taking a long shower you’re watering your plants?
Learn More about Greywater Recycling Systems >
< Back to Greywater Recycling & Rainwater Harvesting Research