Part 1: Planning Your Home Greywater System
Chapter 1: Greywater Systems 101
Health and Safety Considerations
Greywater in Freezing Climates
Chapter 2: Greywater Sources and Plumbing
Identify Your Greywater Sources
Your Home’s Drain, Waste, and Vent System
Chapter 3: Estimate Your Greywater Flows
Code Estimates vs. Personal Calculations
Calculating Weekly Greywater Flows
Finding the Flow Rates of Different Fixtures
Chapter 4: Soils and Mulch Basins
Identify Your Soil Type with a Soil Ribbon Test
Determine How Water Flows through your Soil with an Infiltration Test
Protect Groundwater and Drinking Water Wells
Chapter 5: Plants and Irrigation
Choosing Plants for Greywater Irrigation
How Much Water Do My Plants Want?
Chapter 6: Choosing a Greywater System
When Greywater Is Not a Great Idea
Using Greywater Indoors: Toilet Flushing
Choosing a Greywater Irrigation System
Chapter 7: Codes and Regulations
A Brief History of Greywater Plumbing Codes
Greywater Codes: Performance and Prescriptive
Part 2: Building Your Home Greywater System
Chapter 8: Install a Laundry-to-Landscape (L2L) System
Installing an L2L Irrigation System
Chapter 9: Install a Branched Drain Gravity-Flow System
Installing a Branched Drain System
Chapter 10: Pumped and Manufactured Greywater Systems
Manufactured Greywater Systems
Chapter 11: Other Types of Greywater Systems
Sand Filter to Drip Irrigation
Reusing Septic Tank Effluent for Irrigation
Plumbing Basics for Greywater Installation