What about #4 stone?

 

These should help you
http://www.tincancabin.com/2012/09/greywater-drywell/

Here is another link for exactly how to do it with a 55 gallon drum.
http://www.ehow.com/how_7286348_make-dry-well-55_gallon-drum.html

 

One thing to watch is how well you ground leeches. By putting a 55 gallon drum in the ground you can float it. If it leeches well not a problem.

 

Hillbilly, ur on the right track...

 

Best do it quick, don't let anyone see you doing it and don't tell neighbors or anybody what you did. Drywells and not legal.

 

Sounds like a great idea , the thing I find fault with is putting it on the internet,as it might not be code....

 

It's definitely not legal or to code. Mummmz the word.

 

I'd make sure it is opposite from your well.

Some areas are requiring seepage pits for rain water from roofs to go into and then percolate into the ground. They are basically a hole in the ground lined with a fabric to prevent soil from filling it in and then filled with large rock and covered over. The fabric is similar to the stuff sold to keep weeds from coming up in flower beds but allows water to flow through. I'd put in a seepage pit and then if your gray water happens to find it's way in there, well shucks. It is as I recall a $2,500 fine to "connect" any sort of waste water system without a permit.

 

BTW, that can be $2,500 per day.

 

ya that will work. you might want to drape the top of the barrel with mulch fabric to keep the roots out. i would also consider using a larger stone. i did the same thing years ago at camp and used the fist sized stuff that littered my property. its been used for shower and sink for probably close to 20 years with no problem. the 2B limestone will work too but it tends to compact and almost form a concrete. the big native stones will allow more leaching.

 

Best do it quick, don't let anyone see you doing it and don't tell neighbors or anybody what you did. Drywells and not legal.

Dry wells arent legal in Pa. Here in Md. they are recquired in many housing developments for rain water from roof. This guy has far less water than all the water coming off of a roof in to a dry well.

 

It's $500 per day, and 90 days in jail - max. - PA Act 537.

A well is a water supply, you're talking about a cesspool which is illegal since 1966 for wastewater. Outofstater, it's not the water anyone is worried about, it's the waste in it. The water is the same water that feeds your well -no magic walls down there separating the two. Without treatment of the waste products (soaps, Mr. Clean, Tide, Clorox, Pine-Sol, Drano, etc.) the waste is carried to your well where you are drawing water out of the geology. Your roof water is NOT wastewater, and you are describing a stormwater infiltration set-up.

 

Okey,i get it. They do call them drywells here though for roof water. Mostly they go by square footage of roofto figure if needed and size to install.