That was supposed to say I am setting my place up on "undeveloped" land! Sorry!

sammie,

already answered your post elsewhere, but over here in rural we don't need plumbers to do all of it only the underground pipes and to fit whatever minimum we can get them to agree to installing for our system. but we did supply an engineer drawn plan so we could prove soakage and amount of trees etc.,. all of which was only done to get approval so we could then later do our own thing at a later stage.

but using the nature-loo toilet was the crux of our sytem and our grey water eventually needed to go through a council required grease trap before it went to the fruit trees, all the grease trap did was smelly up the water, so if we had stayed on the block we would have bipassed the grease trap and used all grey water fresh which is the best way.

len

Here is a link that might be useful: len's garden page

Sammie,
Art Ludwig's books are the best source of greywater recycling. And Jenkins book, Humanure handbook, is the best scoop on poop. I have used them and referred to the technical information many many times. They are straightforward and will answer any and all of your questions or point you in the right direction. i would encourage you to check out the website of each.

I know this is way late for the original post. Good luck in whatever you do. Trying to get governments to accept composting toilets and grey water systems is still something of a challenge here in the US. There are a couple places that do but they are rare.

About a complete greywater system, I would probably be edgy about using such a "system" even if I could find one. The main rule about greywater is each situation is specific so there are very few general rules that can be of use. The more automatic and complex a system is, the less likely it is to survive and the more costly in manufactured parts. The simpler and more manual a system, the more functional. When I say simple, I'm talking like a hose from the washer to the mulch pits around the orchard and carrying the dish pan out and watering the plants with it after doing the dishes. Most of these simple methods are more appropriate to places that probably have a septic system but people want to make use of the water rather than wasting it.

I know there is some one posting on the humanure handbook forum about problems they are having because they don't have a septic system installed on a property somewhere in Ohio.

Any updates on your situation?

tclynx,

where is the "humanure handbook forum"?

len

http://www.jenkinspublishing.com/messages/
This should get you to the forum pages for all of Jenkins' books including the Humanure Handbook

If you wish to read the Humanure Handbook online here is a link for that
http://www.weblife.org/humanure/default.html

Here is a link to a greywater site
http://www.oasisdesign.net/greywater/index.htm

Good luck

If you're still looking for info on composting toilets check out http://www.greywateraction.org/ They have lots of info and I'm sure will help you in your search. Another option for conservation which is far less complicated is installing a grey water system for landscape irrigation. Check the link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Grey Water System