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Greywater Recycling Systems

Bath, basin and laundry water is 50–70 % of a building's sewage and the easiest to recycle. We treat it separately and return it for flushing, gardening and cooling — cutting fresh-water demand by a third or more.

What greywater recycling does

Greywater — from showers, basins, laundry and kitchen sinks (excluding toilets) — is low in pathogens and organics compared with blackwater. Treating it in a dedicated compact plant is cheaper and more reliable than treating combined sewage, and the product water is consistently clear enough for flushing, landscape irrigation, floor washing and cooling-tower make-up.

Typical yield: 60–100 litres per person per day recovered — for a 300-key hotel or a 500-flat society that is 30–50 m³/day of fresh water saved, every day.

Treatment train

  1. Collection and screeningSeparate greywater plumbing (or diversion at the stack), coarse and fine screening, equalisation.
  2. Biological or physico-chemical stageMBBR or MBR for laundry/kitchen-rich streams; for bath/basin-only streams, filtration plus coagulation may suffice.
  3. FiltrationMultimedia or ultrafiltration polishing for clear, low-turbidity water.
  4. DisinfectionUV and/or chlorination to reuse standards; residual maintained in storage.
  5. Reuse storage and pumpingDual plumbing, level controls, automatic top-up from municipal supply, backflow protection.

Where it pays

Hotels and resorts
Laundry and guest-room water recycled to flushing and gardens; visible sustainability story.
Hostels, hospitals and institutions
High per-capita bath water; predictable flows.
Residential societies and townships
Retrofit at stack level or in new construction with dual plumbing.
Industrial canteens and camps
Kitchen and washroom water reused for utilities.

Frequently asked questions

How is greywater different from an STP?

An STP treats combined sewage including toilets. A greywater plant treats only the lighter streams, so it is smaller, uses less energy and produces cleaner water more consistently — but needs separate plumbing or a diversion point.

Can it be retrofitted in an existing building?

Often yes, at the stack or collection-tank level, if bath/basin and toilet stacks are separate or can be separated. We survey the plumbing before proposing.

What reuse standard does treated greywater meet?

Flushing and landscape standards (turbidity, BOD, faecal coliform) as per CPHEEO/MoHUA reuse guidelines; with UF and disinfection it is also suitable for cooling make-up.

What does it cost?

Packaged greywater plants for 10–50 KLD are in the same range as a small STP; payback against municipal/tanker water is typically 2–4 years.

Recycle a third of your building's water

Send occupancy, building type and plumbing layout — we reply with yield, plant size and budget within one working day.