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- From: Robyn Francis <erda@nor.com.au>
- To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] Shit
- Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:03:42 +1000
On 18/6/07 2:36 PM, "Tommy Tolson" <healinghawk@earthlink.net> wrote:
> My understanding of a built wetlands is a normal septic tank with a pump
> installed in the second chamber. When the contents are high enough, they
> are pumped into a rock and reed bed.
Only needs a pump if you can't work on gravity feed.
>Reedy plants pull nutrients from
> the water, leaving it pretty clean, then it runs out into a pond
> situation where it supports wildlife and perhaps agriculture. I've
> heard, too, that water coming out of the r&r bed is near drinking
> quality. Some build greenhouses over the r&r beds to keep the reeds
> growing all year in colder areas. But there's still the septic tank to
> be dealt with. /Solviva/, I think, talked of flushing toilets into a
> worm box, from which the water came out clean. That seems better than a
> septic system, but I don't see many places allowing a permit to build
> such a thing under the current system.
Waste black water (sewage affluent) will require tertiary+ treatment beyond
the reed beds to come up to potable standards.
The septic sludge could be used for methane digestion and/or composted with
carbon waste, or used to grow non-food crops.
Lismore City Council has a pdf on reedbed treatment systems
http://www.lismore.nsw.gov.au/content/uploads/Reedbed_Doc_2004_Final.pdf
I have 2 council-approved reedbeds (constructed wetlands) one for grey water
and another which treats blackwater
Ciao
Robyn
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[permaculture] Shit
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[permaculture] Shit,
Tommy Tolson, 06/17/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Shit,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 06/17/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Shit,
Tommy Tolson, 06/18/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Shit,
Kenneth Benway, 06/18/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Shit,
Robyn Francis, 06/18/2007
- Re: [permaculture] Shit, Scott Vlaun, 06/18/2007
- Re: [permaculture] Shit, Jennifer Nazak, 06/18/2007
- Re: [permaculture] Shit, Scott Vlaun, 06/18/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Shit,
Robyn Francis, 06/18/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Shit,
Kenneth Benway, 06/18/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Shit,
Tommy Tolson, 06/18/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Shit,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 06/17/2007
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[permaculture] Shit,
Tommy Tolson, 06/17/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Shit,
dwoodard, 06/18/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Shit,
Tommy Tolson, 06/18/2007
- Re: [permaculture] Shit, Robyn Francis, 06/18/2007
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Re: [permaculture] Shit,
Tommy Tolson, 06/18/2007
- Re: [permaculture] Shit, Kenneth Benway, 06/18/2007
- Re: [permaculture] Shit, graham, 06/18/2007
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