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The March issue of Construction Canada ran a feature about composting toilets written by Clivus Multrum’s own Don Mills and Amy Galvin.
“Harnessing Wasted Opportunities: the technology behind composting toilets” covers the history of human sanitation, the troubles of the current prevailing technologies and the advantages and technology of composting systems. There are also a few quick case studies.
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Source: Construction Canada
The theme of this year’s World Water Day is Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge.
Policy Makers met today in Cape Town, South Africa to discuss & debate ways to improve access to clean water and sanitation.
#SecClinton: One billion people walk three hours or more every day to get drinking water—most of them women and girls. #Water2011
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Fact: A child dies every 20 secs from a preventable water-related disease. Making this fact history http://bit.ly/g2AfZn #water2011
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According to the UN Water Group the purpose of this year’s World Water Day is to “spotlight and encourage governments, organizations, communities, and individuals to actively engage in addressing the challenges of urban water management.”
Happy World Water Day!
Churchill Northern Studies Center, a facility designed to feed and lodge researchers while they conduct northern scientific research, is located 23 km east of Churchill, Manitoba on Hudson Bay. In accordance with their vision “to understand and sustain the North” the new building which should open next month was designed to LEED Gold standards.
Clivus Multrum composting toilets contribute to LEED points and allow the facility to significantly reduce water for flushing and allow waste management to be contained neatly within the footprint of the building. In the dormitory area, four waterless toilets and 2 mid-sized composters provide restroom facilities for up to 90,000 uses per year. Twelve flush toilets are also installed in other areas of the building.
Composting toilets should prove a big savings for the research station. Last year they spent $25,000 in trucking fees to have sewage moved to a treatment facility.
Polar Bear visits were not uncommon on the construction site so a watch dog named Silver was always nearby to give a warning when one stops by. Whenever the big white visitors were present workers found secure lodging until the bear moved on.
A recent article in the USGA Green Section Record discusses the rising use of composting toilets as on-course restrooms.
Clivus Multrum has a range of Models available for golf course restrooms. Our M54 Series is available in one or two stall units that can be custom finished and delivered pre-fabricated or as a kit. Our Foam-flush toilet provides the comfort of a conventional restroom while using only 6 ounces per visit.
To read the complete article : http://turf.lib.msu.edu/gsr/article/vavrek-dealing-1-21-11.pdf
In December 2010 Clivus Multrum pre-fabricated 6 M54 Trailhead buildings for an order from Lee’s Ferry a National Park which is adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park. Those systems shipped earlier this year. Here are a few pictures of the build process and of loading them onto the truck.
The Trailheads have since arrived in Lee’s Ferry and are likely to be installed within the month! In order to get the systems to their locations park staff will deliver them on rafts that travel down the Colorado River.
The Washington Post has a feature on the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Philip Merrill Environmental Center in whih the headline of this post appears.
The Clivus Multrum composting toilets at the Philip Merrill Center are waterless and allow the nutrients in human excreta to be used as a fertilizer instead of polluting the bay.
Here’s a link to the full article at the Washington Post.
February 9-10, 2011
Location: Orange County Convention Center – Orlando, FL
http://www.golfindustryshow.com/
Stop by Booth #3110 to check out the M54 Trailhead restroom building and our Foam-flush toilet. Be sure to ask Brian about a reduced rate on the show model & special pricing for GIS 2011 attendees.
The Tyson Living Learning Center at Washington University in St. Louis was featured recently in Construction Building Products Magazine.
Clivus Multrum composting toilets and greywater systems helped Tyson accomplish net-zero water management and achieve the Living Building Challenge’s first certification.
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Source: Construction Building Product Magazine
The Chicago Tribune has given an unusual amount of space to composting toilets in the last few days. Considering that Greenbuild will draw thousands of green building professionals to Chicago in a few weeks we’re delighted to see the attention.
The Rise of Composting Toilets: Lauren Harrison gives a quick history and mentions that green building is helping spur an interest composting toilets in a wider range of locations than seen in the past.
Taking the Waste Out of Human Waste: Yesterday Ms Harrison reported on a project called Humble Pile that has been surreptitiously composting their waste and using in gardens around Chicago since 2008.
It looks like lots of folks are interested in water issues lately.
Yesterday three articles concerning water issues crossed our screens that were worth sharing.
Is Your City Running Out of Water?: Good points us to an article on The 10 U.S. cities with the worst water concerns.
U.S. Water System Crumbling, Survey Supports Fix: TreeHugger tell us that U.S. water infrastructure is old and in disrepair. This results in pollution and wasted water. Sounds to us like incentive for using composting toilets and greywater systems.
Rethinking the Home Water System: Treehugger adapts an chapter from Lester Brown’s Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization where the use of water to handle sewage is questioned and composting toilets are considered as an alternative.
