Grey water from washer

Spendo | 19:05 Thu 01st Jun 2006 | Home & Garden

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Can I connect my washing machine waste pipe to the rain down pipe to the underground soak away outside my garage. If so, is this legal?

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You can, but you shouldn't. It isn't illegal as such but 1/ it is against the building regulations and 2/ the Environmental Agency would probably prosecute you (or at least take you to task and demand you change it) for pollution should you ever be found out.

We have a small stream near our village and it suddenly started becoming soap-sudy and overgrown with algae and other such gunk. We asked the Environmental Agency to have a look and they said is was caused by foul (IE sewage) water being discharged into surface water drainage, probably outlet from a sink or washer. The chemicals in the waste water encourage algae to grow in the water.

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Thanks for the info, it would now seem I dont have to go ahead anyway. It was just in case I put my washer in the unused garage. Many thanks.

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