Who has a butt?!!

thescouselander

davetrousers wrote: »

Watch Outrageous Wasters tonight on BBC3 at 9pm (i think) on that they collect the grey water used by the family then add a bit of urine collected from the toilet, and then use it to fertilise (Nitrogen) the vegetable patch.

Are you seriously saying they took sewage and put it on vegitables which they then went on to eat later? I would have thought that would be quite bad for you.

Cardew

SaverSarah wrote: »

OMG our water butt makes a HUGE impact on our water bills. We were really lucky to move to a house that already had one, as well as an outside tap, and we've never once used the tap! We have a medium-sized garden and the water butt is all we use to water it, daily. When the level gets low just one heavy shower fills it to the brim, it's ace, I can't recommend it highly enough.

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If the water butt was there when you moved in, how do you know it "makes a HUGE impact on our water bills."?

I am not arguing against water butts - but huge impact????

At £1-£2 for 1,000 litres(enough to fill 5 large water butts) I doubt if many people spend a lot on watering their garden.

Ken68

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Poppycat

My water butt is connected to a large flat roof garage it soon fills up but its empty within 3-4 days when I water my thirsty pots

scbk

Cheapest way to store water would be the blue plastic 220l drums that are always kicking about on industrial estates, or the 1000l IBC's. Both of which you might be able to get for free, or maybe a few quid (look on ebay!)

cmrule

thescouselander wrote: »

Are you seriously saying they took sewage and put it on vegitables which they then went on to eat later? I would have thought that would be quite bad for you.

Urine is no worse than the fertiliser you can buy in shops.. in fact some people argue its good for you :S

arkonite_babe

scbk wrote: »

Cheapest way to store water would be the blue plastic 220l drums that are always kicking about on industrial estates, or the 1000l IBC's. Both of which you might be able to get for free, or maybe a few quid (look on ebay!)

That's what my butt is and best of all the drum was free :money:

thescouselander

cmrule wrote: »

Urine is no worse than the fertiliser you can buy in shops.. in fact some people argue its good for you :S

Its not just the urine though, dont forget there is poo down there (the makeshift toilet) too and some of it could even be mixed in with the urine. What if someone is ill and has the runs. This sort of action could make poeple very ill with dysentery or something.

scbk

They had 2 seperate toilets for solids and liquids

Don't forget that along with chemical fertilisers, farmers (esp organic ones) spread manure over the fields. Yes that's right, your vegetables are covered in cow sh*t :drool:

sammiboo

I been looking at both powys council website and severn trent water website. I think they do offer them cheap, will look into more detail when we move - hopefully should be any day now....