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  • From: Brent Ladd <laddb@ecn.purdue.edu>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: living machines
  • Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:18:10 -0500

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

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