tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post4359533509467118499..comments2024-03-22T10:56:23.359+02:00Comments on Land and People: Managing waterRami Zuraykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14644937988631864952noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post-69081113830653935902009-02-11T20:53:00.000+02:002009-02-11T20:53:00.000+02:00We are hearing a lot in the eco blogging community...We are hearing a lot in the eco blogging community about compost toilets and greywater - recycling bath water etc. for other uses. It seems that in places like California and Lebanon where water is so scarce, we should not be using fresh drinking water to flush our body wastes into our streams or ocean.<BR/><BR/>I know it seems improbable that a modern urban area could reconfigure its sewer systems to recycle (for instance) bath, laundry and kitchen water drains into (for instance) irrigation or natural water treatment systems. Also compost toilets, the simple ones, really need enough garden space and I don't see how they are suitable for crowded urban neighborhoods. However, they may become very necessary.<BR/><BR/>Here in Oakland, CA, we live on a lot that is 20 meters by 30 meters. From what I understand, the compost toilet proponents claim that it would be safe enough to keep a compost pile for human wastes on a property of that size, if it were managed correctly with containment and mulch.Leila Abu-Sabahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161833022292457787noreply@blogger.com