Patent ID: 7854852

Claim:
A Method of recycling gray water comprising the steps of: inserting a device into a drain to collect water that has been used, said device comprising: a vertical, cylindrical water collection chamber sealed at the bottom and open at the top; a circular, horizontal, top surface plate of a diameter greater than the drain inside diameter to support the device at the drain surface and perforated with inlet holes of sufficient number and size to allow water to pass through the plate unhampered relative to the volume of water flow directed to the device; a thin, circular, slightly convex plate perforated with numerous small holes of sufficient size to prevent the passage of hair and debris, positioned over the inlet holes and its perimeter in direct contact with the top surface plate; a pick-up tube connected to the bottom surface of the top surface plate extending the interior length of the collection chamber and is of a length such that the lower suction end is positioned in close proximity to the bottom interior surface of the chamber; a fitting attached to the pick-up tube through the top surface plate provides for connection to a fluid conduit connected to the inlet of a suction pump; collecting said used water; extracting said collected water from said device by connecting said device to a pump; and reusing said collected water.