Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: community septic

[Fred H. Olson (fholson]

On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Marya S. Tipton sundog [at] gburgtimes.com wrote:

> Hello, cohofolk, 
> 
> Has anyone had success in using community-wide composting toilets and gray
> water systems as a substitute for standard septic design?  If so, how did
> you sell the idea to the powers that be?

As I recall, the folks at On Going Concerns cohousing - a small retrofit
in an urban Portland, Oregon neighborhood has used gray water.  I think
they were featured in public television's first progam on "Affluenza" in
1997 and this was mentioned.  That's about al I know.

Fred

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