Re: Re: Drip Irrigation
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- Subject: Re: Re: Drip Irrigation
- From: H* L*
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 15:26:59 -0500
I have thought about it, but plan to use my gutter water to flood a bog
garden instead. One issue with drip irrigation is that the emitters have
tiny orfices, and require good filtration. That would be a mess with water
from the roof, much less the laundry!
>I have the pamphlet on Drip Irrigation too; but I saw a program on TV about
a
>man who conserves all his water. He made a path around his house that runs
>through a pond and rocky river that is self-maintained by the plants he
has
>planted and some sort of sewer trap that help purify their water.
>
>What if our gutters ran water into barrels that ran into the drip system
with
>a pump of some sort to recycle that water to an fro. Even laundry water
could
>be circulated if it were bio-degradeble right? How big of a holding tank
>would it take to water lawn and plants on a timely measured amount for one
dry
>summer?
>
>Any ideas?
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