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FWIW the smell was that of the finest quality rich black
bottom-of-the-pond sludge. And when we washed the container out (about
once each summer) that's what we found in the bottom of it: lovely black
gunge.
This was just from a household's use I assume?

Best advice I can give is to use it as quickly as possible, or find some
way of filtering the organics (soap, dead skin, hair, etc) out before
you store it. I have heard/read of people who feed their grey wastewater
through a reed bed purification system, then into a (presumably large!)
garden pond.
Rather a problem there, in that I am thinking the changing rooms/showers
of a football club :-( I don't see the room for a reed bed or large
pond!

We stored ours *briefly* (ie overnight) in a water butt. Leave it two
days and it started to smell. I can't think of any reason that storage
in a sealed tank would prevent the stuff rotting, as I'd guess the
process is anaerobic anyway (Nick?). A sealed tank would mean only you
didn't smell it until it started flowing out onto the garden.

On your information I think I am going to give the 'Grey Water' idea a
miss, but will offer the advice to those who have the final say when it
gets that far. Thanks

Mixing with rainwater would dilute the nutrients a bit, but they'd still
be there and the conditions would still be appropriate for rotting, so I
think it would still smell. I'd keep the rainwater separate in any case,
as it's useful for lime-intolerant plants and it's cleaner (so to speak)
than the wastewater.

I really did want to keep the rainwater on its own. Mainly for the Bowls
Green, but also for the Football Pitch. The Bowls Green will of course
need/get more TLC :-))

(4 people emailed me 'Do I want a Groundsman?' Not up to me but I will
take names and addresses :-)) Must point out we are only just at the JCB
clearing the scrub stage)

regards
sarah



Many thanks :-))

Mike
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