Residential
The Aquaco Residential Grey Water System involves the collection of bath and shower water which is then filtered, disinfected and recycled for the use of toilet flushing.
The quantity of water used for hand basins, showers and baths is similar to that used for toilet flushing. In most buildings water consumption will be reduced by 50%. Supply roughly equates to demand as each person is generating their own water.
Aquaco residential water treatment systems have been installed in homes on new estates and retrofitted to individual homes throughout the UK. Any residential home project should include an Aquaco Grey water or rainwater system.
What are the benefits of grey water recycling?
- Less mains water consumption
- Significantly reduced water costs
- Reduced environmental impact
- Cost effective Breeam points
- Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) scheme available<
- Typical payback 3/5 years
- Cost effective compared to rainwater harvesting
- Daily supply per person roughly equates to demand - no reliance on rainfall
- Storage capacity needed will be less than with a rainfall system saving space and cost
As the rules on Breeam points and tax allowances change, Aquaco cannot advise and it is for the customer to verify the present rules as they affect the project concerned.
Aquawiser GW 210
The Aquaco Aquawiser™ complete grey water system provides all you need to supply your home with water for toilet flushing.
Many systems are operating successfully in homes across the UK.
The Aquawiser GW 210 recycles shower, bath and hand basin discharge water for re-use in flushing toilets.
Advantages of the Aquawiser GW 210:
Small footprint and low cost compared to rainwater harvesting systems.
Consistent supply to match demand - not reliant on rainfall.
210 litre tank copes easily with demand from 2-6 person households
Underground tank can be buried in the garden so negligible space in the home is lost
Complies with British Standards
The Aquawiser sterilisation system ensures water is safe to store and odourless even if not used daily
Inexpensive bromine tablets used.
System Includes
Single piece underground tank 450mm x 600mm x 800mm incorporating:
110mm inlet pipe with wire mesh filter
Inlet calming device
Y section overflow
Submersible pump with integral low level float switch
Recirculation control valve
Sterilisation unit
Single piece header tank 400mm x 500mm x 640mm incorporating:
15mm float valve for mains top up
1 inch inlet connection for grey water
1 inch inlet connection for overflow
Float switch for control of the pump in the sump tank
Control panel
1kg of bromine tablets
What to do now?
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Case Studies
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Self Build in Surrey Incorporates Grey Water System
Grey isn't such a grey area
It's an environmental and economic no-brainer
Designing environmental criteria into home building projects is not as difficult or as expensive as it may appear, as discovered by web and graphic designer Keiran Wynyard.
Keiran was determined that his self-build extension to his home in Tadworth, Surrey would meet some important environmental touchstones. One of those was to include a grey water system to recycle water for toilet flushing throughout his home.
He found that no one really had much knowledge about this simple solution. Keiran found his local planners, contractors and architects had virtually no knowledge of grey water recycling and so it was left to him to source his supplier.
Enter Aquaco.
"Once I understood the search terms I needed to use on the web I discovered Aquaco, who were the only people we found that could do what we wanted," Keiran explains. "They were able to specify and supply an economic system that will do the job I want." "We have the storage tanks sited underneath the new extension and the soil pipes have been diverted to here. It is then a simple process to direct the filtered and treated water to flush the toilets." he adds.
Once this system is commissioned and fully operational, Keiran will convert to metered water and start getting a pay-back on his investment. "The concept of capturing, filtering and storing water from baths, showers and washing basins to recycle back into flushing toilets is not rocket science, but Aquaco has come up trumps," explains Keiran.
Eco Home in Brighton Uses Greywater System
Wichelo Place, Brighton
Award winning eco home saves 100litres of water a day with Residential Water Treatment
Having attended a self-build course, Jackie and Alan employed DRP, a firm of Brighton architects which produced a design that specified a whole range of eco technologies and materials including a grey water recycling system provided by Aquaco.
Their new home achieved an 'Ecohomes' excellent standard thanks, in part, to water conservation measures including a water meter, dual flush toilets, rainwater harvesting and Aquaco's grey water recycling system. The grey water system takes wastewater from the bath and stores it in an underground tank outside. The grey water is treated with bromine tablets and when the dual flush toilet is flushed it draws grey water from the tank.
According to a case study provided by Eco Open Houses*, the outcome is a rough combined water bills' total of less than £100 a year!
*Eco Houses - Eco open houses in Brighton and Hove - a joint project Between Brighton Permaculture Trust, Low Carbon Trust and Brighton & Hove City Council
Datasheets
Click on the following link to download the Indirect Grey Water Residential datasheetClick on the following link to download the Direct Grey Water Residential datasheet