Fw: [Winona] waste planning (drinking the company Kool-Aid)

[Daren Engler]

    No John, it was a public meeting I attended that had a speaker talking 
on septics and municipal systems a year or two ago.  He didn't elaborate 
much, just basically mentioned what I posted earlier.
    I'll see what I can find and hopefully I can provide more accurate 
details.

    Daren Engler


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john finn" <norbert at hbci.com>
To: "'E Democracy'" <winona at mnforum.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 12:24 PM
Subject: RE: Fw: [Winona] waste planning (drinking the company Kool-Aid)


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> From: winona-bounces at mnforum.org [mailto:winona-bounces at mnforum.org] On
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>    I have heard of a residence near Rochester someplace that is self
> contained.  I guess they add water to the system to keep it at an 
> operating
> level, but it recycles the water used for flushing, showering, dishes, 
> etc.
> Within the house it has it's own "digester", but I understand that it
> filters the waste water and returns it to the main holding tank where it's
> cycled back through again.  Incidentally, the drinking water comes from 
> that
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> same main holding tank.
>    This info came from a U of M speaker ( I think), I'm sorry, I can't
> remember his name.
>    This is from my memory, so I would warn you it's probably not entirely
> correct.
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>    Daren Engler
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> That sounds like a system I helped design (a minor role: mechanical
> components and system diagram drafting ) back in the 70's when I lived in
> Colorado. We got it working and installed in some of the company founder's
> ( Howard "Binx" Selby ) mountain houses.
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> The business, PureCycle, floundered due to water scarcity never becoming 
> too
> much of a hindrance to building housing developments.
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> I wrote about this a year or more ago in regards to bluff development.
> That's not what you are remembering, is it?
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> John N. Finn
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