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Old 10-07-2004, 03:02 PM
redclay
 
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Default Is any one using washing machine water for growing plants?


pantuvarali wrote in message
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We use lots and lots of water to wash cloths- Pay for using the water and
disposing it. Due to the high price of water in BUTLER COUNTY (OHIO), I am
thinking why not use this water to drain out into flower beds.
Has any one done this? Any precautions to be taken? Do I need to 'filter'
the water?

First off make sure the plants you are watering like alkaline conditions.
Lint is part of the discharge so every once in a while you have to pick it
up. One thing to remember is washing machines flush out your sewer lines so
reconnect it every couple of weeks to flush the lines especially the kitchen
line.