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A modular, retrofittable, and portable drain water recycle system, for installation into, and removal from, an existing host plumbing system having a host water supply, a sink, a tub or shower, a toilet, and a sewer. The modules include a drain fixture module, a system control module, and a storage

A modular, retrofittable, and portable drain water recycle system, for installation into, and removal from, an existing host plumbing system having a host water supply, a sink, a tub or shower, a toilet, and a sewer. The modules include a drain fixture module, a system control module, and a storage tank module, all interconnectable. Gray water is collected from a tub, shower, or sink, by a drain fixture module, and is stored in a storage tank module for reuse in flushing a toilet. The drain fixture module and storage tank module are controlled by the system control module. Capacity can be altered by adding or removing storage tank modules. Different host systems can be accommodated by adding or removing drain fixture modules and system control modules. Drain fixture modules replace or are installed nearby existing P-traps, normally accessible. Storage tank modules and system control modules are of such shape and size as to fit under a typical sink inside the sink cabinet.

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A modular and portable gray water reclaim system that is retrofittable into a host system containing at least a host water supply, a sink having a drain outlet, a tub or shower having a drain outlet, a toilet, and a sewer, the gray water reclaim system comprising: first and second drain fixture modu

A modular and portable gray water reclaim system that is retrofittable into a host system containing at least a host water supply, a sink having a drain outlet, a tub or shower having a drain outlet, a toilet, and a sewer, the gray water reclaim system comprising: first and second drain fixture modules, a system control module, and a storage tank module; said first drain fixture module interconnectable with the host system sink drain outlet and the host system sewer and said system control module; said second drain fixture module interconnectable with the host system tub or shower drain outlet and the host system sewer and said system control module; said system control module interconnectable with said first and second drain fixture modules, with said storage tank module, with the host system water supply, and with the host system toilet; said storage tank module interconnectable with said system control module; so that said system control module can receive gray water from said first and second drain fixture modules and deliver it to said storage tank module when said storage tank module is not full, and so that said system control module can receive gray water from said storage tank module and deliver it to the host system toilet when said storage tank module is not empty, and so that said system control module can receive water from the host system water supply and deliver it to the host system toilet when said storage tank module is empty; said system control module and said storage tank module being of such size and shape as to fit under the host system sink, said first drain fixture module being configured to act as host system sink P-trap, and said second drain fixture module being configured to act as a host system tub or shower P-trap; modularity, in that the gray water reclaim system comprises said interconnectable modules; retrofittability with a minimum of trauma to the host system, in that the gray water reclaim system taps into the host system by substituting the first and second drain fixture modules for the host system sink P-trap and the host system tub or shower P-trap, and in that said system control module and said storage tank module fit under the host system sink; portability from the host system to another host system, in that each of said modules of the gray water reclaim system may be removed from the host system and retrofitted afresh with a minimum of trauma into another host system.