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SLIDE 36:  Raised Outlet

by Nate Downey

Here Here’s a top view of the outlet chamber. Note how high the outlet pipe is. If any small animals squeeze into the chamber, they will still have difficulty getting up into the pipe. At the right, you will see the all-important ingredient to any mulched basin—compost. This allows the greywater to be broken down and the native “soil” (aka caliche) to accept all that wonderful, live-producing moisture.

03/23/2017 | (0) Comments