Talk:Factor e Farm Infrastructure Buildout 2011

IMO, ditch the flushie if you can. I have read a lot about composting toilets and similar systems, and they are not that easy to do. I have though ta lot about a closed loop flush toilet. A quick one that is not well designed will be a health hazard and a real pain to maintain. It would also likely be against the local health codes. I have heard and read that there are various laws in the US that prohibit reusing blackwater altogether, for anything, too. Only greywater may be recycled. that, not technical reasons, is the main reason there is no such water recycling toilet for cottages etc.

There are systems like the biolytix that could be copied if you could analyze it but if not done right the worm drown and die off when you don't expect it, the bed may gets clogged too easily to allow water through, channels may develop in the filter bed, allowing water out which still has a high BOD, etc.

Stick with the humanure type of toilets, it looks simple but the stuff going on is quite complex and it's not that easy to improve upon. Gregor 02:10, 2 July 2011 (PDT)