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Anybody had experiences, ideas in converting a pool to gather grey water for irrigation purposes? Im tired of water restrictions and pool maintnance.
 
Sounds like a wonderful idea. That soapy grey water resevoir in your garden will be sure to increase your property value.

And imagine the compliments when you invite people over for a braai!

In fact you could go one further and divert your sewerage system to the pool as well. Environmentally friendly and your neighbours will love it.
 
scudsucker said:
Sounds like a wonderful idea. That soapy grey water resevoir in your garden will be sure to increase your property value.

And imagine the compliments when you invite people over for a braai!

In fact you could go one further and divert your sewerage system to the pool as well. Environmentally friendly and your neighbours will love it.
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That would make it a brown water system.
 
mark26 said:
Anybody had experiences, ideas in converting a pool to gather grey water for irrigation purposes? Im tired of water restrictions and pool maintnance.
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Divert grey and rainwater to pool.
Stop maintaining the pool.
Connect pool pump backwash pipe to irrigation system
Cover pool with floating cover
Profit.........
 
MightyQuin said:
Divert grey and rainwater to pool.
Stop maintaining the pool.
Connect pool pump backwash pipe to irrigation system
Cover pool with floating cover
Profit.........
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Plus extend the weir pipe out the weir and down to the bottom of the pool. With a filter on it. Set pump to waste.
 
you can get JoJo tanks for gutters with a filter, a pump would be around R2000.
If you use the pool you still need a pump, but with the tanks you can use gravity for pressure

You can do a transfer from shower/ bath water to the tanks (joJo)
With either option you would need a pump
 
Does water in the jojo tank have to be treated?

Also can you just bend a downpipe to feed into the top
 
maumau said:
Does water in the jojo tank have to be treated?

Also can you just bend a downpipe to feed into the top
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If you are using the water for irrigation and toilet bowl, no.
But it is recomended to keep the water moving so that microbes do not grow (they would anyway) and the water does not start to stink.
Grey water collection is always useful in drought situations, but you do need to keep the water moving.
In any state, be it a pool or tank the water does need to be kept in motion every now and then
 
maumau said:
Thanks, going to check one out. Makro have some on special.
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Good, use a side feed as shown, for more you would need a pump, but you would need a VSD pump with the option of reverse.
Any more questions just PM, or ask here
 
Also, the water exit should be on the opposite side, of entry.
This creates a artificial disturbance in the water.


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I don't want the hassle of a pool anymore. So I want to do something with the hole and use all the gray water at the same time. I'm thinking along the lines of a solar pump to create pressure, and the pool will be covered so it will still look ok. Create a submerged water storage tank withy a solar pump.
 
scudsucker said:
Sounds like a wonderful idea. That soapy grey water resevoir in your garden will be sure to increase your property value.

And imagine the compliments when you invite people over for a braai!

In fact you could go one further and divert your sewerage system to the pool as well. Environmentally friendly and your neighbours will love it.
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I actually think environmental sustainability will eventually become more appealing to the middle class in South Africa than a pool that gets used 4 months in a year, cost a fortune to maintain and when there are water shortages you cant keep it full.
 
mark26 said:
I actually think environmental sustainability will eventually become more appealing to the middle class in South Africa than a pool that gets used 4 months in a year, cost a fortune to maintain and when there are water shortages you cant keep it full.
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Having just now taken ownership of a house with a pool ... I am also busy trying to figure what to do with the pool as I was told it's about 60 000 litres. Having no clue how to maintain a pool and with these drought conditions, I don't want to worry about it.

I thought filling it up with sand would be the simplest solution, but I was told that could end up costing even more money with no explanation as to why? Also don't want to reduce the value of my house immediately without having moved into it. hahah


So the logical step is to install a proper cover as there is none.

These look interesting ... http://www.powerplastics.co.za/powerplastics-solid-safety-cover/ ? Can anybody who has one of these installed care to comment on their efficacy? I don't plan to use the pool much so don't care if it takes long to remove, etc ... but hoping that if installed, I really don't need to worry too much about pool maintenance.. Also if you know any reputable installers in the Sandton Area then please let me know :)

Thx!
 
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