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,,,and the rains came...
songbird wrote:
the basic problem is that we've gotten into the habit of mixing human waste with potable water to begin with. No. this compounds many other problems and they tag along with the whole process. clean up the basic misconception and you get many benefits in result. not having to build nuclear desalinization plants would be one of them (who needs more chances at Fukushima? are you seriously considering more nuclear plants in California? are you really that idiotic? yes, i am seriously calling you an idiot if you are building more nuclear plants in that area). An emotive side issue. much of the use of water is simply to flush waste materials away It's true some water is used to flush but you still need to have a sewerage system in cities. If using dual flush toilets and only hitting the button when required the use on toilet flushing is not that high. There are only small savings there. Domestically, washing and showering use much more. Gardens, golf courses, pools, fountains, hosing the driveway etc use astronomically more. when you consider how much energy it takes to pump and clean the water again after it is used as a waste transport system then perhaps you'll understand the sheer stupidity of this whole system. most human waste is valueable and can be composted safely without having to use all that water. Composting toilets are fashionable round here. They smell in normal operation and are a bitch to clean out, someone has to go in and dig them out. You can't pay someone enough to do it. They are suitable for deserts not cities. In high humidty areas they stay too wet. But you still need to have water reticulation and sewerage networks. Flushing with grey water is more practical. the waste which is not safely compostable (hormone treatments, some drugs, chemotherapeutics and nuclear medicine) should be treated differently, but those people who know they are doing such things could be set up with their medical providers to have a clean disposal path for their waste (so that it does not become a hazard to others). Yes if the whole family is healthy compost it otherwise cart your shit to a waste centre if any one of you are taking pills. Or have a honey pot collection. Can you imagine this system in a big city. In the 19th century before the sewer was built London was called "the great wen" Get serious. in a world of limited resources there is no excuse for not recycling of most materials. for areas with limited water they certainly should not be wasting water by using it as a waste transport mechanism. Most of the water in the sewer is not from flushing. Bird you haven't thought this out. D |
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