Article 730172 of misc.consumers.frugal-living: Path: news.misty.com!not-for-mail From: nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu Newsgroups: misc.consumers.frugal-living Subject: Re: Anyone ever used a whole house composting toilet? Date: 17 May 2008 07:45:33 -0400 Organization: Villanova University Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: acadia.ece.villanova.edu X-Trace: max.inside.misty.com 1211021093 26965 153.104.44.130 (17 May 2008 10:44:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@misty.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 10:44:53 +0000 (UTC) Xref: news.misty.com misc.consumers.frugal-living:730172 OhioGuy" wrote: > Evidently they use evaporative technology coupled with very low flush > toilets to essentially decrease runoff from the system to zero. In other > words, no drainage or runoff to worry about, and no expensive septic > system to install or maintain. It would probably still cost around > $6,000 to get installed, but it could handle two toilets and our family > of 4 easily. But maybe not greywater... This NSF-certified system could do both http://www.epa.gov/ne/assistance/ceitts/wastewater/techs/norweco.html but it costs more ($15K?) and requires some maintenance, eg replacing the aerator motor and adding chlorine hockey pucks. Nick