A Whole Different kind of Septic System Sullivan County New Hampshire Part 2, why think about installing a Composting Toilet, for your new construction home, or if your needing to replace, your existing private septie system. Essentially a composting toilet is used to divert excrement from the wastewater mix. In some State's this could mean by installing a composting system, the property owner could install a graywater only drainfield that is 35 to 40 percent smaller than a full sized one, saving the owner mony and preserving landscpe around their home.
Daily indoor water use pattern for a single family home
Peak wastewater flows for a single family home
There are many other reasons a property owner may want to install a composting toilet including these:
- Poor soil drainage or geological conditions do not allow a regular septic system.
- High groundwater or it would be to near streams, or a shoreline may limit what can be installed.
- Water is way to expensive or just not unavailable for flushing a toilte.
- An undersized or failing septic system needs to be supplemented.
- The ecological awareness prompts the desire for a non-polluting system.
A Whole Different kind of Septic System Sullivan County New Hampshire Part 2, in the current form of available composting toilet systems are not a flush and forget technology. They require a consciousness of whats put into the toilet (please be sure to always use non toxic chemicals) some maintenance, well thought out site area, and installation, and in some case's extra electricity for operating fans and heaters.
Some folks love them, and some folks hate them, mostly from their experiences of one particular brand of system. Some systems have been poorly installed, by the instsller. One of the most common installation mistakes by a installer, is siting the system in to cold of a place( a unheated basement, is one example), and then theres the systems that have been installed that are too small for the usage they'll get.
A Whole Different kind of Septic System Sullivan County New Hampshire Part 2, a composting toilet systems can range from a little ole 7 gallon composters for boats to a large aerated two bin system, that can serve more than a 100 folks daily. They are most prevalent in coastal cottages in Scandinavia, as well as in Vietnam and Mexico. In Vietnam and Mexico. There are more than 100,000 twin bin style composting toilet systems.
There are no reports of composting privys being used on a wide scale until the 1950's, when the Democratic Republic of Vietnam initiated a five year plan of rural hygiene and a large number of anaerobic composting privys were built. These privys, known as the Vietnamese Double Vault, consisted of two above ground water tight vaults, for the collection of the humanure. I got to see many of these when I was in Vietnam.
Composting toilt systems, technology varies widely, but the typical components of them are the same.
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