Ooh! now you guys are sounding all 'new agey' next you will be saying cob earth walls and sod roofs.
I believe that all savings on electricity and water is 'green' even if the idea is to save money first, yes, I worry about the repayment period of the investment.
Any water saved is a good thing.
I have just set up a grey water garden watering system for about R150.00
It will only work if your shower outlet is above the level of your garden.
I bought a 'Lay Flat hose 100mmx10M from the hardware store and attached it to my shower outlet, on the other end I installed a 110x50MM eccentric Marley s&v waste pvc reducer, with a Marley 40x1 1/4" female bsp waste s&v pvc adaptor siliconed into the 50mm outlet, ptfe'd and screwed in a 32x20mm threaded galv bush and a 20mm male gardena hose adaptor to which I attached the garden hose and 'voila'
When the wife or I shower the LFpipe fills up, acts as a holding bladder, then gently trickles water into the chosen flower bed.
TIPS:- you may have to cut a tiny air hole into the LF pipe just above the shower inlet to prevent the system creating a vacuum and so that it can drain easily, insert the reducer well into the LFpipe use cable ties to attach, make sure that the reducer is set at the lowest point of the pipe so that it can drain completely, move the LFpipe and hose around the garden and lawn regularly, don't take long showers.
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