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=Industry Standards=
=Industry Standards=
*1972 development - NYT article - [https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/16/archives/house-is-not-a-home-but-a-sewagedisposer.html]
*1972 development - NYT article - [https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/16/archives/house-is-not-a-home-but-a-sewagedisposer.html]
=Design=
*[[Biodigester#Scaling_up_to_48_People]] has a proposed blackwater treatment design for 48 people with urine diversion to orchard fertigation


=See Also=
=See Also=

Latest revision as of 01:11, 26 December 2019

Basics

  • The treatment of wastewater (grey and/or black) on site rather than at a wastewater treatment plant
  • Usually done at commercial and industrial level for large systems, as currently homers either uuse municipal sewers, or incomplete septic systems that require emmptying occasionally, and are also vunerable to clogging due to microbial activity

Industry Standards

  • 1972 development - NYT article - [1]

Design

See Also