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Owt changed?

I'd like to be able to divert some roof run off (near a loo) to my downstairs WC but have a feeling the same old grey water near a potable is still a no-no? ..considering when this was last discussed on a forum in a galaxy far far away have things changed in light of climate urgency?

As far as I know BS8525-1:2010 is still in effect, unchanged. My understanding is that so long as any taps are labelled all is good. I don’t think you’re allowed to use grey water for hand washing, that is a dealbreaker for many toilet use-cases because the need to run portable and grey makes it too expensive.

I installed a completely separate pressure pumped plumbing supply to my toilets and outdoor garden taps. If it goes wrong, I can re-connect the upstairs toilet by physically disconnecting the grey water pipe and reinstating the original potable water supply. I think that is enough to abide by the regulations as the supplies remain completely seperated.

Maybe I need to label the outdoor taps as non potable water.

If that is deemed acceptable then that is indeed doable, no cited concerns about interchanging the two from a microbial aspect?
(I was under the impression there would need to be two water inlets & proximity of one to the other was part of the concern? ..hope i'm wrong)

The main issue is to prevent backflow from the greywater system to the potable system which is what I have implemented.

Good simple info found here.
https://www.eswater.co.uk/globalassets/ ... advice.pdf

And some other info from the Environment Agency, found here,
https://sswm.info/sites/default/files/r ... 0Users.pdf

Looks like I am OK, apart from needing to colour code the pipes and add various labels to things.

Another job to add to the long term "To Do" list.

Thanks nowty, I'm currently clearing my back garden (Bee & blackbird heaven) as we gave it over when the local bird songbird populace went into decline, having seemed to recover over a 10 year period i'm hacking it back to its original purpose which will likely involve a few 000 litres of water storage my loo is fittingly close & as it is my own personal jump off point for a visit to the spice islands I don't think i'll get complaints

Remotely related. We used toilets similar to these in Japan. Have a dump, wash hands, hand water fills cistern for next customer.

https://www.wholesaledomestic.com/combi ... zwQAvD_BwE

Joeboy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:11 pm Remotely related. We used toilets similar to these in Japan. Have a dump, wash hands, hand water fills cistern for next customer.

https://www.wholesaledomestic.com/combi ... zwQAvD_BwE

Wow, thats such a good idea and so simple, especially in terms of plumbing.

I saw those in Japan. Seemed elegantly efficient.

Stinsy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 10, 2021 6:45 am I saw those in Japan. Seemed elegantly efficient.

Many kinds.

https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/ ... ves-water/