How to Build a Rainwater Harvesting & Greywater collecting system DIY

I would suggest you route your grey water directly to your fruit trees instead of mixing it with rainwater in your storage tanks. Rainwater can be stored for a long time and used when needed. Grey water is highly bio-active and should not be stored (beyond a surge tank if needed.) Your system looks well-executed and I appreciate any quality diy job but we shouldn't be promoting the mixing of rainwater (potentially drinkable) with grey water (bio-active nutrient-rich but not drinkable.)

Great video, well done.

Awsome job! Thumbs up! :0)  Gave me ideas to make some as well. Thakns for sharing.

This is really fantastic and you did a good job with showing anyone how to do it in the video. I work for a plumber and I will advise anyone, if you want this, do it yourself and follow this video...if you call a plumber to do this it would cost you a couple of hundred dollars minimum !!!!

Great video! I like the use of the tanks in the crawl space. I wish my crawl space was a bit bigger so i could fit some in mine. My crawl space = 1 ft tall. ugh... Check out my channel by clicking on my name to see the grey water barrel and rain barrels i have made :) They dont nearly catch as much as yours do. :( But im working on it. I love the idea of the ball valves, im gonna have to steal that idea *evil laughter*

where did u get those badass 250+ gallon tanks from?

I found them on the internet...just look up IBCs...or intermediate bulk containers. They are used for shipping food-grade products overseas. Good luck!

the only filtration I use for the greywater from the tubs & showers are sink filters from Home Depot. I do use the water on my fruit trees & garden...work great! Just need to use it within a few days, otherwise it gets a bit putrid. Thanks for your comment & rating!

ok, so its 550 gallons, considering it stays there for a while, do you do any filtration? The shower and sink water does have bacteria in it. Do you have any mold/smell/bacteria control chemicals/pellets/anything like that?

Do you run this water for your garden/lawn or vegetation? if you are hows it coming along.

Ha ha..thanks bamboomom! I will make sure I say "IOS"!