Since nobody wants to shovel out a composting toilet or haul away jugs
of urine, I am thinking of something a little more complex. Some form
of sterilization, followed by filtering out solids, followed by
compaction of solids into bricks, followed by removal of nutrients from
the liquid, etc. Then the liquid is used to water lawns.
Peggie Hall wrote:
wrote:
I am delving into an area where I know almost nothing I admit.
However, should that stop us?
OK, it seems that tolet technology for boats is well developed with
systems available with nearly harmless discharge (if'n they could
just
get rid of the nutrients). On land, building sewer line
infrastructure
is a serious expense but the alternative is the lowly septic tank.
We
all know that septic tanks near shore are bad but running sewer
lines
is prohibitevely expensive for many semi-rural areas.
So, could boat toilet technology be applied to houses with septic
tanks
with the intention of reducing bacterial contamination of our bays
without running sewer lines?

Except for composters, not really. The discharge, treated or not,
still
has to go somewhere....and if it doesn't go into a sewer or a septic
tank, there's only one place left: onto or into the ground. I don't
think your neighbors would go for that.

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Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems
and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"

http://www.seaworthy.com/store/custo...0&cat=6&page=1

wrote:
Since nobody wants to shovel out a composting toilet or haul away jugs
of urine, I am thinking of something a little more complex. Some form
of sterilization, followed by filtering out solids, followed by
compaction of solids into bricks, followed by removal of nutrients from
the liquid, etc. Then the liquid is used to water lawns.

That type of system does exist and is in use in places like office
parks, some kinds of mfr'ng plants and golf courses. nstall one.
Recycled water is used for vehicle washing, grounds watering, even
toilet flushing...anything EXCEPT potable applications.

Here's one example: http://www.ballamwaterslot.co.za/gem1.html

And another type of system:
http://www.ecovillagefindhorn.com/biological/index.php

A US company named Ocean Arks installed one of the first systems of this
type in the US at the Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Plant in VT (NH?).
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Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://www.seaworthy.com/store/custo...0&cat=6&page=1