There are a number of options, the easiest being collecting the water with a bucket or container. This is perfectly fine if you have a small garden to water and if you don't mind hauling buckets around but there are other options to make collection easier.

When it comes to greywater products there are three broad categories of systems from least to most complex. These are diversion only, diversion & filtration and diversion with treatment.

In Victoria you don't need a permit for the installation of diversion only system in a sewered area. In unsewered areas check with your local council on whether you need a septic tank alteration permit.

Greywater treatment systems require EPA approval in both sewered and unsewered areas and must have a septic tank permit from the local council.

• Keep water safely out of reach of children, dogs and people and put it where it's needed by the plants - at the roots.
• Avoid spraying or hosing with greywater  - this spreads the chemicals and bacteria around and can burn the plants.
• Irrigate you ornamentals and orchards, but not your leafy green edible plants.
• Don't let the greywater run off your property to the street or your neighbours’ property.
• Don't store greywater for more than 24 hours.
• Use the safest source of greywater possible. The safest is from the rinse cycle in your washing machine, the wash cycle is the next safest, followed by bath or shower water.

Choose garden-friendly detergents and cleaners. Low-salt, low- phosphorous and biodegradable. Check the labels when buying these products. Make sure you turn your greywater diverter off when washing 'heavily soiled' items like dirty nappies.