An automatic grey water recyclable shower system.

Abstract

Showered water is wastewater generated from bathroom sinks and bathtubs from a household, hotel and institutions. Due to the percentage of showered water discharged, there is a lot of greywater discharged that needs to be recycled and reused. Frequent water shortages in some parts of Uganda have led to poor sanitation in the people’s homes of residence, hospitals and institutions due to lack of enough water for showering and cleaning around the shower room. The purpose of the design project was to design and construct water recycling system for showered water that would utilize the available greywater from people’s homes of residence to supplement on the only one available ground water source at the country. For the design to be done, showered water quality was determined by collecting samples and testing them using different water quality sensors like turbidity and electoral conductivity sensors, generated quantity of showered water was determined depending on the total water consumption by the students. Design of various components of the recyclable water shower system was done using the given relevant formulas and equations. From the research, showered water being generated currently was 18 litres per day. The showered water being discharged showed poor physical chemical characteristics and thus needs treatment before reuse. Distribution pipes, collection tank were sized then treatment units where rapid sand filter, clear tank pump, storage tank and were sized.