[Greenbuilding] New approaches to Septic?

[Frank Tettemer]

I am a life-long fan of everything John Todd has developed!

His early experiments, of enclosed ecosystems, at Wood's Hole, raising 
algae and tilapia, right up to the more recent "Living Machines" are all 
brilliant examples of working and balancing the life forces of decay and 
renewal.

In Nova Scotia, there is a small village, on rocky, soil-less terrain, 
(like RT describes in Kanata), and their sewage treatment plant was poor 
and undeveloped. They had to start again, and do it right.
They rallied some fundraising, built a new treatment centre, installed a 
sewage lagoon, a'la John Todd, and it has become a surprise full-time 
job for the village, running paid tours of visitors through their 
stunningly beautiful sewage treatment plant. In the challenging Maritime 
climate, of Canada. (think of a tree-lessly bald, rounded Rock, with 
scatterings of moss, lichen, and blueberries.)

The change in the village water was a great consequence.  The surprise 
result was that their tours have become a secondary income!

-- 
Frank Tettemer
Living Sol ~ Building and Design
www.livingsol.com
613 756 3884