What's the most efficient way to evaporate water without powered heating?
In country houses, all waste water, whether sewage or greywater, must go into septic tanks. This made me wonder if you could reduce the water going into septic tank by routing greywater into an overground pool, and evaporate as much of it as possible before the rest goes into the tank.
If an average person uses about 20 gallons per day just for washing, how wide should the pool be? A black bottom would cause it to absorb more sunlight, a greenhouse roof would protect it from rain as well as increase the temperature, and if set at an angle, will also guide the heated moist air away. Does this idea make sense, and what other ways can you increase the evaporation rate?
>If an average person uses about 20 gallons per day just for washing,
jesus h christ think of the water table. just wipe yourself all over with one of these each day. a few pennies each.
and if you want to go crazy, turn off your water heater. my laundry comes out nice and clean with a cold wash and I'm saving a few bucks on electricity.
Anything that involves exposing the water to air is going to smell horrific quickly. Gray water is going to have a lot of food bits in it which will settle to the bottom and rot. Is it possible to set up a separate leach field for the gray water? My cabin is set up with a septic tank for septic shit and a gray water system for everything from the showers and sinks. Works just fine unless someone dumps a ton of fat down the drain and then I just have to auger it out.
Don't overthink shit. My greywater has drained into a small ditch next to some shrubs since 1965 when the house was built.
Why are you dumping food down the sink? That's begging for clogs therefore stupid. Fat does not go down drains either. If anyone did that to mine I'd humiliate them for being stupid AND disregarding my briefing on how to use my facilities.
Literally all you need. Mine does similar.
Gray water from a single washing machine with no food particles whatsoever in it will smell like a putrefying swamp and attract flies if it is discharged above ground, because of all the dead skin particles and bacteria and skin oils aka grease that comes off of clothing in the wash, that don't go away when the water evaporates and lay on the surface.
If one were to live right on top of that area it may be an issue. My drain discharges into grass about 50 metres from the house and its been taking washing water for washing machines, dish washing and shower for decades.
I've emptied my washers about six feet from the machine for over two decades with zero stank at any time. My kitchen water goes about 50 feet to a small trench with nearby bushes. Home built in 1965, zero problems.
Water isn't working he part that fills up your septic tank. It filtered out through your leech field and all the solids stay in the tank. Sublimating the water off will not change this.
You don't understand how your septic system works. There is no purpose to reducing water running to it. Matter settles in the tanks, water runs out to the leach field and is soaked into the ground. You get your tank emptied when it's full of matter, not when it's full of water.
imagine the amount of flies and mosquitoes. just stop being a moron and dump it all in the tank. when it gets full just let it overflow onto the ground. it'll be fine.
It doesn't matter how much water goes into the tank, because the greywater exits the tank into the leech field.
It's only the solid mater you need to worry about. What can't be broken down by bacteria builds up and eventually has to be pumped out.
See picrel, this is how septic works.
Excess water just goes into the leech field.
for what purpose? your tank and leech field are designed to accommodate that volume of liquid. what problem are you trying to solve?
anon you can just spill gray water over a lawn or use it in a garden even, if it's just a very dilute soapy water, it will only hurt bugs.If you use a pool it will be full of algae.
A huge cement slab with a curb
You need surface area more than anything
If you read about the rare earth mining in Australia, they just dig shallow lakes, wait for the water to evaporate and harvest the salts