Dear Members Please let me know Postal and Email adrress of Faculty members who is working in the Ecosan area. Thanking You With Regard's K D Yadav KUNWAR DURG...
Dear Kunwar Durg, If you go to Ecosan's yahoogroup, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ecosanres/ you will find all the email addresses in the menu, the left column...
Hi, Does anyone have any good links to greywater systems designs? We're building a house on an uneven section, and will have a composting toilet. We would like...
I thought Oasis designs was pretty interesting. Be sure to take into consideration where you live although most graywater theory is location nonspecific. Where...
Hi Greg Do not use wetlands.Do you want odours and mosquitos?Use a lightweigt reedbed filterThe water is pumped in below the surface.The top will remain dry.It...
Good idea ... And if your land is uneven enough and the volume of GW great enough you may be able to terrace the reed beds. There are also some interesting...
It is per square meter 160liter That is fairly high .So no need for terassing the reedbed.I have a greenhouse for cleaning gray water myself.As far as cleaning...
... the reed bed is more efficient. You may be right about that in general, but possibly not in a northern climate. This is why I asked about location. Other...
My husband and I bought a mobile home and put in back in the woods (so to speak). We are living mostly solar,and trying to keep life as simple as possible and...
... insulated by the reed.The filters have been in use at 25 degrees below zero and in the Austrian mountains.The norm of 160 liter per square meter per 24...
Hi Folks, Just recently joined this group. I have read the Humanure Handbook, and a few ecosanitation publications. I live on a rural acreage and I try to...
Does anyone have experience with this sysytem. I'm thinking of purchasing one for use in my gooseneck trailer. The urine diversion feature seems sound even...
Rene, Same here. I am also separating the urine for garden use. I like your idea about using ice/snow to control the urine storage odors. I will try that. I...
Hi, Check out the following site for an alternative idea for urine diversion, that will also save water. I think you could use the principle behind the dry ...
Perfectly good idea. I use Citronella oil - 1 tablespoon- and that lasts quite some time in the barrel. I have tried Eucalyptus oil too and that works fine....
Rose; Thanks for the link, it had a very good schematic showing how the unit is designed. It works with oil to float on top of the urine & water. It would not...
Hi all, When I was looking for a locally built commercial composting toilets I found one (http://www.kiwibog.com/) which uses urine separation, via a...
Hi drbeck, Yes snow is a great free resource. I am not sure I would do it if I had to make ice. Even rainwater might reduce odours slightly as the liquid...
So, are you saying one could use citronella or eucalyptus oil in place of the commercial "blue seal"? as a liquid on top? Tys ... Tys Sniffen 415.606.7746 ...
Hello Greg; Thanks for the link to the Kiwi Bog site. It is a interesting design, that I had not seen before. I can get a few good ideas for future ...
In a message dated 3/6/2006 9:50:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, drbeckl@... writes: Or, if did not care if your gardening urine was diluted with 50% water,...
Joseph Jenkins (The Humanure Handbook, a 1994 book) says to use a bucket filled with saw dust, if you wanted to use this in the garden I think the liquid...
Hello I collect urine in three different ways. I wrote a book about this: http://www.liquidgoldbook.com (website to be updated soon!) I'm not having the odor...
This is so weird. http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? AID=/20060306/NEWS01/603060355/1006 I found this group today because the Malcolm...
Tys: I am saying that you can use vegetable oil as odor blocker oil. This oil floats on top of the urine, it blocks the urine-to atmospheric air contact, thus...
we have finally complete our garage-renovations, and are the proud owners of a 700 square-foot little house! when we spoke to the building inspector about...
If the stakes are high, just haul out the Envirolet. A bucket is not a wastewater system and not a composting toilet system; it's direct outdoor composting....
Hello Darin, Since I am just starting out in the intelligent use of human-manure, I am taking a first easy step of just re-cycling my urine output, for the ...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
