| Title | The composting toilet system book : a practical guide to choosing, planning and maintaining composting toilet systems,a water-saving, pollution-preventing alternative |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1999 |
| Authors | Del Porto, D, Steinfeld, C |
| Pagination | 234 p. : fig., photogr. |
| Date Published | 1999-01-01 |
| Publisher | Center for Ecological Pollution Prevention |
| Place Published | Concord, MA, USA |
| ISBN Number | 0966678303 |
| Keywords | catalogues, composting latrines, design, installation, legislation, maintenance, operation, planning, sdisan, sullage, water conservation |
| Abstract | A practical guide to choosing, planning and maintaining composting toilet systems, an alternative to sewer and septic systems, technologies, sources, applications, graywater issues, regulations.Both a technical reference book and a how-to book, this book features unsaturated aerobic systems. It also covers separation (black and gray and shades of gray) issues, dry and urine-separating toilets of various designs world-wide and graywater characteristics, constituents, pre-reuse issues and suggested reuse options such as what plants to use to consume the water and nutrients, description of the rhizosphere bioplex, transpiration, effects of sodium. |
| Notes | Includes references and glossary |
| Custom 1 | 321.2 |
