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    Bill Gates of Microsoft fame has talked about a project that would cost billions and would allow toilet waste to be recycled into drinkable water and fertilizer. But what about the toilet paper? Stay tuned...


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    Quote Originally Posted by recyclersteve View Post
    Bill Gates of Microsoft fame has talked about a project that would cost billions and would allow toilet waste to be recycled into drinkable water and fertilizer. But what about the toilet paper? Stay tuned...
    *** Sorry for the derail. ***

    This one's old tech. I've got it here at home via the septic system.

    1: Our wastewater leaves the home and enters the septic tank. The septic tank catches about 95 % of the solids and bio-degrades them.

    2: The effluent, AKA greywater, leaves the tank and goes into a leaching field where it's leached into the soil.

    3: The leachate gradually filters down through about 100' of granite bedrock into the underground aquifer.

    4: Our drilled well , about 100' deep taps into the aquifer and our submersible pump sends the water back to the house.

    A little freaky when you think about it ... but that's water cycle !

    Municipal wastewater systems work in a similar way. The solids are separated and then used to generate methane gas. The liquids are often dumped into the ocean. The sun hits the ocean, evaporates the water, and it's returned as rain & snow.

    Alternatively, the wastewater could be filtered, treated, and reused using something like the Millipore system.

    It might be better to filter seawater in places like the middle east where water is scarce. That's what they're currently doing.

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