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Re: GBlist: Sustainable Home In LAH, CA
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> From: David F. Lambertson <dlambert@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
> Regarding the septic system. If you want to keep those oaks,
don't
> even consider digging anywhere around their drip line. The trees won't
die
> right away, but slowly over the next few years. Does your community
allow a
> constructed wet land? Maybe combined with a holding tank that would
need
> to be pumped during the cold months. Knowing it worked well in Thailand,
we
> are researching the idea for our much-colder-than-your climate here in
> Kansas. We are allowed to do "lagoons" here too but you have to have a
lot
> of land to get it far enough away from the house. And of course there is
> the possibility of recycling grey water and using a composting toilet
system
> for the black, another angle we are considering.
> As we have no experience with any of the above (other than
killing
> trees) I'll be interested in other comments.
I'm going to be doing a compost toliet/ greywater system in my home that
I'll be building next year.
For composting toliets see websites for SunMar and Clivus Multhum. For
greywater reuse take a look at the websites for earthships.
Good luck!
Ed
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