Main entry:

Del Porto, David.

Title & Author:

The composting toilet system book : a practical guide to choosing, planning and maintaining composting toilet systems, a water-saving, pollution-preventing alternative / by David Del Porto and Carol Steinfeld.

Edition:

Version 1.2, updated.

Publication:

Concord, Mass. : Center for Ecological Pollution Prevention ; White River Junction, Vt. : Distributed by Chelsea Green Pub. Co., ©2000.

Description:

235 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
"First edition, second printing with additions."
Includes bibliographical references (page 198) and index.
Shift Happens!: Composting Toilet Systems Emerge as Viable Wastewater Alternatives -- The Big Picture: Managing Wastewater Sustainably -- Better Ways Emerging: From Disposal to Utilization -- A New Design Protocol for Better Water Eco-Nomics -- What Is a Composting Toilet System and How Does It Compost? -- General Types of Composting Toilet Systems -- The Cast of Characters in a Composting Toilet System -- What Is Composting? -- Success Factors for Composting Toilet Systems -- Pathogens -- Vectors and Insects -- The Elements of Human Excrement -- Choosing and Planning a Composting Toilet System -- Local Regulations, Performance, Lifestyle -- Installation Considerations -- Keeping It Warm -- Ventilation and Exhaust -- Toilet Stool Considerations -- Capacity Issues -- Cost -- Leachate -- Urine Management -- Installing Your System -- General Installation Guidelines -- Installing the Components -- Operating and Maintaining Your Composting Toilet System -- Starting Up Your Composter -- Additives for Composting Toilets -- Earthworms -- Controlling Insects -- What Do You Do With It? -- Regular Maintenance Steps -- Troubleshooting -- Do's and Don'ts -- The Systems: Some Manufactured Systems, Site-Built Designs and Toilet Stools -- Manufactured Composting Toilet Systems -- Site-Built Composting Toilet Systems -- Other Systems and Accessories -- Toilet Stools for Your Composting Toilet System -- Composting Toilets at Work -- Profiles of Owners and Operators -- Composting Toilets in Development Programs -- What About Graywater? -- Know Your Graywater -- Some Graywater Systems -- The Future of Composting Toilet Systems -- Water and Wastewater: The Origins of the Piped Society -- How Sewers and Septic Systems Pollute -- How to Choose an Ecological Wastewater System -- Sample Maintenance Contract -- And more ...

Summary:

The Composting Toilet System Book contains the information you need to choose and operate composting toilet systems, a low-water and environmentally friendly wastewater management alternative. Long used by off-the-grid homeowners, parks, and cottage owners, composting toilet systems are now making their ways into conventional year-round homes. The technology has improved, and models are now available in styles compatible with upscale bathrooms.

ISBN:

0966678303 (pbk.)
9780966678307 (pbk.)

Subject:

Toilets.
Compost.
Sewage as fertilizer.
Sewage Purification Biological treatment.
Water conservation.
Eaux usées (Engrais)
Eaux usées Épuration Traitement biologique.
Eau Conservation.

Added entries:

Steinfeld, Carol.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 301383
Call No.: BIB 247549
Status: Available