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View Poll Results: Where do you use your waste water?
Washing Machine 3 9.68%
pump to Houseplants/lawn 5 16.13%
Floor Drain/bathtub 19 61.29%
Other 4 12.90%
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Old 04-23-2008, 10:49 PM
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You can use the waste water for plants? I thought it was toxic with heavy metals etc. Someone needs to clarify this for me because i have a ton of plants that need watering all the time.
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Old 04-24-2008, 01:59 AM
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Has anyone ever tested the waste water with a tbs meter to see what kind of reading it would have?
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Old 04-24-2008, 02:14 AM
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The water used to fill the washer, and now in our new place I save some of it for plants, and the washer, and whatever I can't use goes down our floor drain to keep it clean. I have some paranoia about wasting water.
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You can use the waste water for plants? I thought it was toxic with heavy metals etc. Someone needs to clarify this for me because i have a ton of plants that need watering all the time.
Well its the water we drink regularly so I would hope it isn't toxic
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Down the drain... BUT.... i suppose I could use it to water plants this summer if I can rig it up on wheels so I can get it outside... (this is assuming I will have time to water the plants outside ha ha ha...)
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Ive have heard people plumbing the waste water to there Hot Tub if they have one. I imagine there is quite a bit of water that evaporates from a Hot Tub too. As for now my waste water goes into the ground
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