Sanctuary sink to toilet greywater system: Difference between revisions

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Abstract

The objective of this project is to create a more eco-friendly bathroom for one of the Sanctuary's bathroom. This is accomplished by minimizing the water supply from a sink and instead, pumps clean water from the toilet to the sink. What makes this unique to the standard toilet to sink combinations is that the sink and toilet are placed like any ordinary bathroom would have them rather than replacing the top of the tank with a sink. Our project was made possible with the help of Humboldt state university’s ENGR 215 course, Intro to design supervised by Lonny Grafman.

There should be an image near the top.

Background

In the fall semester of 2016, Team green-light was created through the ENGR 215 course, introduction to design, and was taught by Lonny Grafman at Humboldt State University. The sanctuary's CEO and founder are Solomon Lowenstein promotes: art, community involvement, green technology and sustainable living. The idea behind this project was to create an aesthetically pleasing bathroom that will inspire others to recreate the system in their own household. What makes this unique to the standard toilet to sink combinations is that the sink and toilet are placed like any ordinary bathroom would have them rather than replacing the top of the tank with a sink. This is to greatly encourage the use of this system in average households without having to completely rearrange the bathroom with a sink on top of the toilet.

Problem statement and criteria

The problem was to improve the previous bathroom, by reducing freshwater usage and inspiring people to reduce freshwater usage.

Criteria

Table-1: Criteria and Constraints
Criteria	Importance
Safety	No harm to the user.
Inspiration	Reduce the use of freshwater by signage and art.
Cost	$100 max.
Environmental Impact	Reduction in the water bill.
Ease of Access	Nine-year-old child.
Aesthetics	Must look better than the existing toilet
Ease of Plumbing Maintenance	Fixed in <20 mins/year

Description of final project

Photos and descriptions. Use gallery.

The toilet to sink freshwater system is designed to save the amount of water used in the bathroom. This is done by attaching the toilet tank's overflow fill tube with the sink's hot water supply line using vinyl tubing. This design uses PVC piping to reroute the water's drainage onto the overflow tube so that the used soapy water flows directly into the toilet bowl. The sink's water runs approximately 40 after the toilet is flushed which gives double the amount of time than the recommended 20 seconds according to the CDC. What makes this unique to the standard toilet to sink combinations is that the sink and toilet are placed like any ordinary bathroom would have them rather than replacing the top of the tank with a sink. {{copyedit| 40 what. use figures to reference different aspects of the design. Don't use abbreviations without explaining or having a link to the abbreviation. Include a how to use and maintain section. See the how to template below.

Costs

Use Help:Table_examples#Cost_Table.

Table-2: Materials and Costs
Quantity	Material	Location	Full Price ($)
5	PVC Plumbing	Ace Hardware	9.90
1	PVC Tubing	Ace Hardware	2.00
1	Nuts/Bolts	ACE Hardware	4.00
1	Masonry Sawzall blade	ACE Hardware	30.00
1	Masonry Bosch blade	ACE Hardware	10.00
1	Masonry angle grinder blade	ACE Hardware	10.00
1	Sink Drain	ACE Hardware	17.00
1	Angle Grinder	Donated	0
1	Hack Saw	Donated	0
1	Miscellaneous Tools	Donated	0
Total Cost			$82.60

Testing Results

How to build

Use Template:How_to First, you have to disconnect the toilet and sinks water supply line located beneath. Next, you want to loosen and take off the sinks hot water supply for the next step. By replacing the overfill fill tube from the toilet's tank with a vinyl tubing, you can connect this to the sinks hot water supply with some clamps to ensure the tubing is watertight. Once this is accomplished, part of the toilets fresh water should flow through the sink when the toilet is flushed, meanwhile, the main fill valve fills the back of the toilet. Finally, to reuse the dispersed from the sink's faucet, you can connect a series of PVP pipings with the proper drop so that the water flows back into the overflow tube as originally designed where it sits in the toilet bowl.

Maintenance

Introduce this maintenance section.

Schedule

This is when to maintain what.

Daily

A daily task
A daily task

Weekly

a weekly task
a weekly task

Monthly

a monthly task
a monthly task

Yearly

a yearly task
a yearly task

Every __ years

task
task

Instructions

This is how to maintain. The step by step how to template {{How to}} is most likely best for this part.

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How to Do Something

Troubleshooting

This is only how to troubleshoot basic operation. For complex issues, the solution might just say contact ________. It should be a table in this format:

Problem	Suggestion
Example issue	Example solution or suggestion
Does not turn on	Make sure it is plugged in
Another issue	Et cetera

Discussion and next steps

References

See Help:Footnotes for more. Template:Reflist

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 {{Template:ENGR215inprogress|5/9/2016}}
+{{copyedit|remember that all sections must have an overview, introduce all figures and tables, and only include references used on this page}}
 ==Abstract==
-The objective of this project is to create a more eco-friendly bathroom for one of the Sanctuary's bathroom. This is accomplished by minimizing the water supply from a sink and instead, pumps clean water from the toilet to the sink. What makes this unique to standard toilet to sink combinations is that the sink and toilet are placed like any ordinary bathroom would have them rather than replacing the tanks top with a sink.  Our project was made possible with the help of Humboldt state university’s ENGR 215 course, Intro to design supervised by Lonny Grafman.
+The objective of this project is to create a more eco-friendly bathroom for one of the Sanctuary's bathroom. This is accomplished by minimizing the water supply from a sink and instead, pumps clean water from the toilet to the sink. What makes this unique to the standard toilet to sink combinations is that the sink and toilet are placed like any ordinary bathroom would have them rather than replacing the top of the tank with a sink.  Our project was made possible with the help of Humboldt state university’s ENGR 215 course, Intro to design supervised by Lonny Grafman.
 *There should be an image near the top.
+{{copyedit| be specific i.g. toilet to sink freshwater system instead of this project, use formal tone instead of story tone }}
 == Background ==
-In the fall semester of 2016, Team green-light was created through the ENGR 215 course, introduction to design, and was taught by Lonny Grafman at Humboldt State University. The sanctuary's CEO and founder is Solomon Lowenstein promotes: art, community involvement, green technology and sustainable living. The idea behind this project was to create an aesthetically pleasing bathroom that will inspire others to recreate the system in their own household. What makes this unique to standard toilet to sink combinations is that the sink and toilet are placed like any ordinary bathroom would have them rather than replacing the tanks top with a sink. This is to greatly encourage the use of this system in average households without having to completely rearrange the bathroom with a sink on top of the toilet.
+In the fall semester of 2016, Team green-light was created through the ENGR 215 course, introduction to design, and was taught by Lonny Grafman at Humboldt State University. The sanctuary's CEO and founder are Solomon Lowenstein promotes: art, community involvement, green technology and sustainable living. The idea behind this project was to create an aesthetically pleasing bathroom that will inspire others to recreate the system in their own household. What makes this unique to the standard toilet to sink combinations is that the sink and toilet are placed like any ordinary bathroom would have them rather than replacing the top of the tank with a sink. This is to greatly encourage the use of this system in average households without having to completely rearrange the bathroom with a sink on top of the toilet.
+{{copyedit| make sure to use background pertinent to the project in a formal tone. e.g. who you are, the client, and the project in a jointed paragraph }}
 == Problem statement and criteria ==
+{{copyedit|  Please give more detail on the objective, desired outcome, and criteria. Reference all tables and figures. Also, consider if your objective statement really summarizes your entire objective. Make sure to introduce all tables.}}
 The problem was to improve the previous bathroom, by reducing freshwater usage and inspiring people to reduce freshwater usage.
 ====Criteria====
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+|+ Table-1: Criteria and Constraints
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 |Safety
-|No harm to user.
+|No harm to the user.
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 |Inspiration
-|Reduce freshwater by signage and art.
+|Reduce the use of freshwater by signage and art.
 |-
 |Cost
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 |Environmental Impact
-|Reduction in water bill.
+|Reduction in the water bill.
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 |Ease of Access
-| Nine year old child.
+| Nine-year-old child.
 |-
 |Aesthetics
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 |Fixed in <20 mins/year
 |}
+{{copyedit| be more specific in constraints, introduce table}}
 == Description of final project ==
 Photos and descriptions. Use gallery.
-The toilet to sink freshwater system is designed to save the amount of water used in the bathroom. This is done by attaching the toilet tank's overflow fill tube with the sink's hot water supply line using vinyl tubing. This design uses PVC piping to reroute the water's drainage onto the overflow tube so that the used soapy water flows directly into the toilet bowl. The sink's water runs approximately 40 after the the toilet is flushed which gives double the amount of time than the recommended 20 seconds according to the CDC. What makes this unique to standard toilet to sink combinations is that the sink and toilet are placed like any ordinary bathroom would have them rather than replacing the tanks top with a sink.
+The toilet to sink freshwater system is designed to save the amount of water used in the bathroom. This is done by attaching the toilet tank's overflow fill tube with the sink's hot water supply line using vinyl tubing. This design uses PVC piping to reroute the water's drainage onto the overflow tube so that the used soapy water flows directly into the toilet bowl. The sink's water runs approximately 40 after the toilet is flushed which gives double the amount of time than the recommended 20 seconds according to the CDC. What makes this unique to the standard toilet to sink combinations is that the sink and toilet are placed like any ordinary bathroom would have them rather than replacing the top of the tank with a sink.
+{{copyedit| 40 what. use figures to reference different aspects of the design. Don't use abbreviations without explaining or having a link to the abbreviation.
 Include a how to use and maintain section. See the how to template below.
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 ==How to build==
 Use [[Template:How_to]]
-First you have to disconnect the toilet and sinks water supply line located beneath. Next you want to loosen and take off the sinks hot water supply for the next step.  By replacing the overfill fill tube from the toilets tank with a vinyl tubing, you can connect this to the sinks hot water supply with some clamps to ensure the tubing is watertight. Once this is accomplished, part of the toilets fresh water should flow through the sink when the toilet is flushed, meanwhile the main fill valve fills the back of the toilet. Finally, to reuse the dispersed from the sinks faucet, you can connect a series of pvp pipings with the proper drop so that the water flows back into the overflow tube as originally designed where it sits in the toilet bowl.
+First, you have to disconnect the toilet and sinks water supply line located beneath. Next, you want to loosen and take off the sinks hot water supply for the next step.  By replacing the overfill fill tube from the toilet's tank with a vinyl tubing, you can connect this to the sinks hot water supply with some clamps to ensure the tubing is watertight. Once this is accomplished, part of the toilets fresh water should flow through the sink when the toilet is flushed, meanwhile, the main fill valve fills the back of the toilet. Finally, to reuse the dispersed from the sink's faucet, you can connect a series of PVP pipings with the proper drop so that the water flows back into the overflow tube as originally designed where it sits in the toilet bowl.
+{{copyedit| include pictures}}
+== Maintenance ==
+Introduce this maintenance section.
+=== Schedule ===
+This is when to maintain what.
+<!-- Please keep the format the same as it populates the kiosk in CCAT. -->
+;Daily
+*A daily task
+*A daily task
+;Weekly
+*a weekly task
+*a weekly task
+;Monthly
+*a monthly task
+*a monthly task
+;Yearly
+*a yearly task
+*a yearly task
+;Every __ years
+*task
+*task
+=== Instructions ===
+This is how to maintain. The step by step how to template {{Tl|How to}} is most likely best for this part.
+{{How to
+ |title=How to Do Something
+ |File:Bpack bike trailer - demo 1.jpg |Backpack frame bike trailer |1 |Do something.
+ |File:Aleiha dish.jpg |Aleiha's parabolic solar cooker |2 |Do something really complicated but made simple, etc.
+}}
+== Troubleshooting ==
+This is only how to troubleshoot basic operation. For complex issues, the solution might just say contact ________. It should be a table in this format:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Problem
+! Suggestion
+|-
+| Example issue
+| Example solution or suggestion
+|-
+| Does not turn on
+| Make sure it is plugged in
+|-
+| Another issue
+| Et cetera
+|}
 ==Discussion and next steps==