It took us about 5 months to complete, but only because we were slow at taking on “the next step” of the project from time to time, but finally, our graywater project is completed. We now have an alternate drain line for our laundry that runs under the house, out the back and to a hillside. Every time we do our laundry now, we are watering a different level of the hillside’s many fruit trees and shrubs. (Nearly everything we have planted there will provide us with food, too.) It’s awesome!

Here’s a breakdown of the project. First of all, major props go out to Devin Slavin of Abundance in Balance for overseeing, planning and helping us execute this project. He helped not only do it, but do it right.

Before Photos

As you can see, the hillside has some terraces in it and plenty of slope. Using this slope to our advantage for watering was what made this project seem like such an obvious thing to do.

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