Publications

Greywater and Your Detergent, prepared by the Office of Arid Land Studies in cooperation with the Soil, Water and Plant Analysis Laboratory, University of Arizona. A handy pamphlet comparing the performance of various detergents dissolved in greywater used to irrigate a landscape.
Sponsored by Tucson Water: 520-791-4331

Create an Oasis with Greywater: Choosing, Building, and Using Greywater Systems – Includes Branched Drains, by Art Ludwig. Oasis Design, 2006.  Presents a wide array of greywater-harvesting options. This is my favorite greywater-harvesting book.
Oasis Design, 5 San Marcos Trout Club, Santa Barbara, CA 93105-9726
www.oasisdesign.net

Greywater Guidelines, by Val L. Little.
Arizona greywater guidelines.
To order a copy or download a PDF, visit:
http://watercasa.org/pubs/graywaterguidelines.html.

Water from the Sky, by Michael Reynolds. Solar Survival Press, 2005. This book has wonderful examples of rooftop rainwater harvesting systems that recycle the used rainwater (greywater) through planting beds in greenhouses before using it yet again for the flushing of toilets in the homes from which the rainwater was originally harvested.
www.earthship.com

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Volume 2: Water-Harvesting Earthworks, by Brad Lancaster. Rainsource Press, 2008. A chapter of this book is devoted to simple and effective earthworks and greywater plumbing strategies blending rainwater- and greywater-harvesting within home landscapes.
www.HarvestingRainwater.com

Online Resources

www.greywater.com
Great resources for greywater, including various systems and greywater volume estimates.

www.oasisdesign.net
Art Ludwig’s website, probably the most comprehensive web resource for greywater. You’ll find plenty more information relating to water and ecological design.

http://www.oasisdesign.net/greywater/laundry/
Instructions for new easy to install greywater system for washing machines that uses irrigation tubing and the forece of the washing machine’s built in pump.
It is called: Laundry to Landscape Greywater System, Laundry to Mulch Basins Greywater, and a Drumless Laundry Greywater System

http://www.humboldt.edu/~ccat/waterconservation/marsh/stacySP2002/greywater.html
A resource on greywater marshes.

http://www.ose.state.nm.us/water-info/conservation/pdf-manuals/GrayWaterBrochure.pdf
Using Gray Water in New Mexico’s Residential Landscapes

Greywater Soaps and Materials

Oasis Soaps:
Biocompatible Laundry Detergent &
Dishwash/All-Purpose Cleaner

Online
www.yourguidetogreen.com/store/oasis-soaps/cat_39.html

Tucson, AZ
Food Conspiracy Co-op, 412 N 4th Ave
520 624-4821

Greywater 3-way diverter valves

Locally
Any pool and spa supplier selling 3-way Jandy valves

Online or Mail-order
Jandy Products, PO Box 6000, Petaluma, CA 94955
800 227-1442
www.jandy.com

Tucson, AZ
Catalina Spas and Pools, 4001 N Runway Dr
520 888-4181

Greywater flow splitters (double ells)

Online
For flow splitters with ready-made inspection ports see www.oasisdesign.net

DIY
To make your own double-L or Y-style flow splitters see any of your better-stocked local plumbing supply outlets, and follow the directions in Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2, on how to make your own inspection ports.

To make your own flow splitters obtain a double-L or Y-style ABS fitting from any well-stocked locally-owned plumbing supplier.

Tucson, AZ
Plumbing Suppliers Inc., 2555 E Grant Rd

Nogales, AZ
Discount Plumbing, 18 E Monroe St
520 287-3900

Spa-flex greywater hose

One-inch (30-mm) minimum diameter spa-flex PVC hose does not kink and clog like garden hose and works great for above-ground moveable greywater hose. A press-fit adapter bushing/fitting makes the transition from rigid ABS pipe to the spa-flex hose. Hose lengths should be no longer than needed, and the slope should be kept as constant as possible so air and water can drain freely. Spa-flex hose is available in a number of colors.

Locally
Pool and spa suppliers

Online or Mail-order
Pacific Echo, Inc., 23540 Telo Avenue, Torrance, CA 90505
800 421-5196
www.pacificecho.com

Greywater leaching chambers

(otherwise known as “infiltration chambers” or “subsurface outlet chambers”)

Online
Infiltrator Systems, Inc.
I recommend their standard Quik 4 chamber that is only 12 inches tall, thus you distribute more of the greywater in the upper 2 feet of soil where you have the greatest amount of root growth and uptake of the greywater. Other, taller chambers distribute the water deeper in the soil, and less water is then utilized by adjacent plantings.
www.infiltratorsystems.com

Phoenix, AZ
One Stop Septic Shop
623 572-6699
OneStopSepticShop.com

Hancor
www.hancor.com

Nogales, AZ
Arizona Sonora Supply, 483 East Patagonia Hwy (Hwy 82)
520 287-2268

Locally/DIY
For plastic 30- or 55-gallon barrels to make your own chambers, try asking at feed stores or soda/juice bottling companies

Greywater hydrator kit

Tucson, AZ
The hydrator is a ready-made kit of flex tubing, clamps, and valves you can hook up to your washing machine drain pipe, the sewer drain, and your landscape. It enables you to direct greywater to the sewer or the landscape with the turn of a valve. Call James Leckie at 520-975-5405.

Outdoor Shower Kits

DIY/Most major cities
Outdoor showers are an easy way to access shower greywater seasonally for the landscape, especially when shower drains in the home are otherwise inaccessible. One of the cheapest and easiest showers is made by throwing a hose over a branch of a tree needing greywater, so you can bathe within a mulched basin. Get a garden nozzle that doubles as a showerhead such as the Orbit/SunMate brand 10-pattern aluminum torret torch available at Target www.target.com.

Online
Outdoor showers can be much less expensive (and often more creative) if you make them yourself, but the following suppliers make kits. To recycle the greywater, place the kits within mulched and vegetated basins or direct the shower water to such basins.

www.target.com
Wooden outdoor shower

www.plumbingsupply.com
Stainless steel outdoor beach and pool showers

www.calazzo.com
Pila wall-mount dual-supply (hot/cold) outdoor shower