Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Septic Tank and Pond Construction

[Andrew Netherton (andrewnetherton]

If you have the space for 10 septic fields AND a pond, have you
considered using an engineered wetland to treat your waste on-site?  I
would worry about contamination of the pond from the septic fields.
With a wetland system, you might actually be able to feed your pond
from your wetland.  (Not sure about that, please check with a wetland
engineer - I only play one on TV.)

Regards,
Andrew Netherton
Laurel Creek Commons (forming)
Waterloo, ON, Canada

On 1/4/07, balaji [at] ouraynet.com <balaji [at] ouraynet.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Have any of you in already established cohousing and/or ecovillage
> settlements dealt with septic tanks?  Our community will use a cluster
> housing approach, probably in duplexes and triplexes.  There could be as
> many as ten clusters.  Will one tank for each cluster be sufficient, and
> if so, what size?  What about the aborption field -- how should it be
> oriented with respect to the clusters?  Do any of you have site plans (for
> your own communities) which lay out the plumbing/septic systems?  (Love to
> see them, if so.)
>
> On the matter of pond construction, any advice would be most welcome,
> especially concerning site selection.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
>
> Charles
> Tuscaloosa Cooperative Association
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tuscaloosa_community/
>
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