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...
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Bert Vercauteren
verbertus
Feb 7, 2006 10:51 am
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...
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Greg Ford
kauranga
Feb 19, 2006 11:08 pm
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...
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Larry Warnberg
larrywarnberg
Feb 20, 2006 12:23 am
Here's my favorite greywater site: http://greywater.net/ Good luck with your project. Larry...
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Ben Goldberg
plunkatune
Feb 20, 2006 5:27 pm
I thought Oasis designs was pretty interesting. Be sure to take into consideration where you live although most graywater theory is location nonspecific. Where...
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tbhamar
hanshamar2002
Feb 20, 2006 10:32 pm
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...
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Ben Goldberg
plunkatune
Feb 21, 2006 4:54 pm
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...
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tbhamar
hanshamar2002
Feb 21, 2006 10:18 pm
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...
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Ben Goldberg
plunkatune
Feb 22, 2006 3:28 pm
... 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...
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all4himabove
Feb 22, 2006 7:09 pm
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...
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hanshamar2002
Feb 26, 2006 10:23 pm
... 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...
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Rene
rfpoulin
Mar 2, 2006 12:25 am
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...
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Tom Reichel
tom_reichel
Mar 2, 2006 5:37 pm
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...
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drbeckl
Mar 3, 2006 4:37 pm
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...
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Rene Poulin
rfpoulin
Mar 3, 2006 8:22 pm
... Which system is that? Is there a link missing? Moderator's note: It's likely to be http://www.firstmatescabin.com/...
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roseoflowlands@...
poldergirl2000
Mar 3, 2006 11:26 pm
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 ...
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vishwanath s
zenrainman
Mar 4, 2006 6:53 am
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....
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drbeckl
Mar 6, 2006 2:50 pm
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...
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Greg Ford
kauranga
Mar 6, 2006 2:50 pm
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...
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Rene Poulin
rfpoulin
Mar 6, 2006 2:50 pm
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...
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Tys Sniffen
tyssniffen
Mar 6, 2006 5:19 pm
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 ...
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drbeckl
Mar 6, 2006 8:22 pm
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 ...
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roseoflowlands@...
poldergirl2000
Mar 6, 2006 11:46 pm
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,...
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Daron Page
dagwood008
Mar 7, 2006 4:52 pm
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...
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Carol Steinfeld
shimmershell7
Mar 7, 2006 8:08 pm
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...
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CCDogpark at hotmail....
ccdogpark
Mar 8, 2006 3:17 pm
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...
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drbeckl
Mar 8, 2006 5:46 pm
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...
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offsenterfarm
Mar 9, 2006 3:03 pm
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...
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Carol Steinfeld
shimmershell7
Mar 9, 2006 6:41 pm
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....
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DAN BECKLEY
drbeckl
Mar 11, 2006 8:26 pm
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 ...
