Water restrictions

[MutherjuggZ]

Is it illegal or against city code to hook up the hose from your washing machine and run the "gray water" from clothes washing into the yard? I did this when I had my house and never got in trouble and the yard stayed green. The city didn't know how it was being done. But I also camoflaged my hose to do it. My neighbor on the other hand was watering from the outside hydrant and got a $250 fine for it during the middle of the day and on off days. Would like to know if anyone else does this.

You can't get a fine for the water consumption portion, but it might be against other ordinances since it's technically waste water.


What I do for my outdoor plants when there's a water restriction, is place a large plastic tub in my shower while I bathe. I use the excess runoff water from my shower on the plants and it saves me on my water bill too...that doesn't help a whole yard though LOL

[Cerebreaux Assasin]

washer hookup

[QUOTE=347Mike;329210]So how do you do this? You hook your hose up to your washermachine hookup?[/QUOTE

Take the extractor hose, hook it it to a hose of equal size and run it out to a tank or out into the yard. I know people who have a 100 gallon tank that catches sink, tub and washing machine water. Its hooked to a pump that goes into a hose to a sprinkler system. Its not expensive or complicated. Point taken about the phosphates ruining the aquafier systems...

[A+]

i heard something on npr earlier today and it said something about Dallas making the use of gray water legal or something. damn! ive been googling like crazy but cant find anything, however i found some "graywater systems" that filter all the bad stuff. im seriously thinking about getting one.

http://therainwell.com/

[mustang87]

I was curious. This is probably why they didn't figure it out. It never ran on the sidewalk or down the sewer, just into the front and back yard. Not to mention my water bill still stayed the same. I know they were looking tho. G Funny thing is, I quit having issues with insects inside and around the house. Go figure.

no bugs this year is because of the no rain and high heat not because you are running gray water around your house.