Grey Water Harvesting?

[9000Parts]

Got an ebay seller local to me who sells 1000litre IBCs that have been thoroughly cleaned so will be ordering one of them up shortly. Where I plan to site it means it will harvest water off the South Side of the roof via the downpipe.

But, in the same place is the kitchen and I have a sink and a half arrangement there and the ability to plumb both sinks individually. Question is, what is good and bad to harvest from the wastewater supply? We all waste a lot of water waiting for the water to run hot so that would be the starter for 10.

However, what else is acceptable? Assume water from the washing machine is a no-no? How about the washing up water or would the detergents etc be a bad thing too?

Im thinking that I should plumb the half sink to the IBC and only use that to harvest the good stuff, the outfall is quite high and I can partially bury the IBC to make sure the outfall is above the level of the overflow point in the IBC so I dont get standing water in the drain.

Is shower/bath water OK for garden watering? Would be a mission to harvest this though.

[veggiechicken]

I collect the tap water, while its warming up in the sink and shower, in a watering can and use it as I would any other pure water. A few of us bought these recently http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...1-a_77723.html
Bath/shower water becomes smelly after a few days of storage so I wouldn't keep that for more than a day or so and ceertainly not store it with Pure water. Washing up water can be greasy and not ideal for plants.
Concentrate on catching and storing rainwater and "warming up" water - use grey water for washing down the paths!!

[9000Parts]

Being as I can plumb the kitchen water supply straight to the IBC if it needs topping up then a Joeycan seems to be a bit of effort we dont need to make. No sign if them being £1 delivered now either. Our water rates are pretty cheap here, spoke to Severn Trent but even they admit that a meter is pointless as it will cost you more money.

Still wont hurt to harvest whatever I can and wherever I can get it from.

[Bigmallly]

I am lead to believe bath/shower water is ok to harvest but washing up water is to be avoided due to fat & food content. You'd also be best fitting a manual diverter so when the IBC is full at least you can divert your grey water away.
Something like this:
http://www.reuk.co.uk/Water-Two-Grey...ter-Review.htm

[veggiechicken]

Its whatever you feel is right in your situation.
I collect all the rainwater from the roof in a 1000 litre underground tank. This is used to flush the toilets. I didn't do it to save money but because it felt right to me.
Having an IBC outside the kitchen window isn't an option, nor is plumbing the warming up water from the shower an option - so I don't do it!!

[kathycam]

My Dad has just helped set me up a washing machine in my utility room, as previously there was no plumbing in there. The grey water collects in a bucket outside, which we use for watering the fruit bushes.

I once lived in Africa, and had no running water. We bathed in a large bucket and used the dirty water to flush the loos. I had a neighbour in the UK who did this as well. She was in her 80's. It's amazing how well you can cope, when you don't take water for granted.

[Potstubsdustbins]

I would say that were every you get grey water from remember to water the ground and not the plants.