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Don't count yourself out yet, Dave! Bruce hasn't said what the extra credit is worth, nor has he accepted my answer!

You make a great point about the gray water and issues with all the anti-bacterial stuff we use - detergents, soaps, etc. - being bad for the essential bacteria in the system. I have done a little reading on septic over the past few months as I'm going to have to go that route if we eventually build at our farm and I'm trying to learn what I can about it. I believe that if you do use anti-bacterial products, you can still add beneficial bacteria to your system to overcome any loss that might occur. Still, if there's an efficient way to separate gray water and raw sewage, you are right on the mark that that would be the way to go.