permaculture

[Scott Vlaun <scott@moosepondarts.com>]

Good luck John and please keep us posted. We've been composting our  
humanure for 6 years "under the radar" and plan to propose a  
subdivision to our local government in the near future and would love  
to know of any precedents.

All the best,

Scott Vlaun
Moose Pond Arts+Ecology
Design Solutions for a Sustainable Future

35 Moose Pond Road
Otisfield, Maine 04270
207-739-2409 Studio
207-890-4099 Cell


On Apr 11, 2006, at 3:05 PM, John Fritz wrote:

> Does anyone know of any information resources that
> document successful challenge to enforcement of septic
> system requirements for development of raw land?  The
> group I am involved with is getting closer to
> establishing a co-housing community on land held in
> trust by Ozark Regional Land Trust, but we want to use
> composting toilets (the Humanure type) and don't want
> to invest thousands of dollars for an inferior system
> (septic) that won't be used.
>
> We want to be able to present hard evidence to the
> code enforcers that there is precedent for the
> substitution of composting toilets in lieu of septic
> systems.
>
> John Fritz, NW Arkansas.
>
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