permaculture

[Brent Ladd <laddb@ecn.purdue.edu>]

Thanks for the great resources. The livingmachines.com
and waterrecycling.com sites are excellent.
Also, I have discovered a work in progress that Oberlin College in Ohio
has built a living machine that services their environmental building 
http://www.oberlin.edu/~envs/
(tho I noticed they are having problems with their Web Site currently).
John Todd, who helped champion the construction and use of living machines
was in Hope Dance magazine talking about these developments  http://www.hopedance.org/framearchives.htm
. I hope to make a few field trips to observe a living machine in operation.
We do have a two cell constructed wetland on Purdue ag land that helps
filter some dairy cattle wastewater and runoff. I am interested in working
solutions for individual/cluster homes, especially solutions that homeowners
could DYI without having to hire out expensive engineering firms. So far
the best sources on this that I have found are Art Ludwigs grey water booklets 
http://oasisdesign.net/greywater/greywater.htm
. Even here in conservative Midwest US there is increasing interest in
these alternative to septic systems. I have received two calls in past
two weeks from folks wanting to look into these alternatives. The biggest
hurdle is local Health Dept. are very nervous about approving these.

Brent

"Lawrence F. London, Jr." wrote:

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:31:17 -0500, Brent Ladd <laddb@ecn.purdue.edu>
wrote:

>Let's move beyond email management via delete keys and discuss topics
>such as living machines for waste water recycling,

Have a look at:

http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/documents/constructed-wetlands.txt
some material on living machines there

http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/constructed-wetlands-links.html

I have almost 50% more info and links to add to these when I get time.

>forest gardening, and applying wisdom from natural systems.

L.F.London ICQ#27930345 lflondon@mindspring.com
http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech  london@ibiblio.org

---
You are currently subscribed to permaculture as: laddb@ecn.purdue.edu
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu
Get the list FAQ at: http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/documents/permaculture.faq

--
Brent Ladd
Water Quality Specialist, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1146
Ph: 765-496-6331  Fax: 765-496-1356
Email: laddb@ecn.purdue.edu

Safe Water for the Future Web Site: www.ecn.purdue.edu/safewater

"If there is magic on this planet it is surely found in the spirit of water"-Loren Eiseley