Adopt low-water sanitation. (cover story)

• Autores: Peter Rogers
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 299, Nº. 2, 2008, págs. 52-52
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article reports that worldwide urban and suburban sanitation services use 100 cubic kilometers of water, worldwide. Low-water-use toilets are recommended as a method of conserving some of this water. An experimental system installed in a Swedish housing project is discussed. The system separates urine, which is used as liquid farm fertilizer, and recycles excrement into fertilizer in a compost bin.