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writes 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. Royal Navy Social Weekend Sussex May 2nd - 5th. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. Plus many more |
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