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Phosphorus comes from several sources: human wastes, animal wastes, industrial wastes, and human disturbance of the land and its vegetation.
Sewage from wastewater treatment plants and septic tanks is one source of phosphorus in rivers. Sewage effluent (out flow) should not contain more than 1 mg/ L phosphorus according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but outdated wastewater treatment plants often fail to meet this standard. Also, some types of industrial wastes interfere with the removal of phosphorus at wastewater treatment plants.
Storm sewers sometimes contain illegal connections to sanitary sewers. Sewage from these connections can be carried into waterways by rainfall and melting snow. Phosphorus-containing animal wastes sometimes find their way into rivers and lakes in the runoff from feedlots and barnyards.
Composting toilet systems (sometimes called biological toilets, dry toilets and waterless toilets) contain and control the composting of excrement, toilet paper, carbon additive, and, optionally, food wastes. Unlike a septic system a composting toilet system relies on unsaturated conditions (material cannot be fully immersed in water), where aerobic bacteria and fungi break down wastes, just as they do in a yard waste composter. Sized and operated properly, a composting toilet breaks down waste to 10 to 30 percent of its original volume. The resulting end-product is a stable soil-like material called "humus," which legally must be either buried or removed by a licensed seepage hauler in accordance with state and local regulations in the United States. In other countries, humus is used as a soil conditioner on edible crops.
The primary objective of the composting toilet system is to contain, immobilize or destroy organisms that cause human disease (pathogens), thereby reducing the risk of human infection to acceptable levels without contaminating the immediate or distant environment and harming its inhabitants.
Originally posted by XmikaX
reply to post by dr_strangecraft
sorry but what a bunch of non-sense
what you are saying is :
- excrement in earth : epidemic threat
-excrement directly in rivers (your water-treatment plant won't be working) : safe
Originally posted by Serafine
reply to post by dr_strangecraft
Many people live these lifestyles... without a major world changing "event". Many have long been living this way... granted media "exposure" isn't much of a factor, but living off the grid, or on the fringes of Babylon is a real way of life for many people.
Alternative energy has been and is operative... running fans.. heaters.. etc is not an issue. I understand... I guess, from your post that a city or middle town lifestyle has issues... But dedicating time and money / effort in alternatives isn't that difficult and might be considered NOW rather than when some "event" provides challenges...
So... many things will function "after" such changes...
Maybe living off the grid will answer many of the questions in this thread?
Though you didn't respond to it.... the diesel thing is important.... and the older diesel cars / trucks etc are better for running off bio-diesel.
But living this way now is also important and many people do... I've lived with not only Roto-Loo but outright homemade built ones....
Having no power or water for weeks is nothing in hurricane regions... The "National Disaster" and National Guard scare tactics of mass media have little to do with the real nature of it... People know what to do... what not to do... people have resources and stashes... people have been through it all before.. often many times... and it's FINE
What will "function" after such events is what functions NOW without the grid... without the "Food comes from stores" mentality.... anyway man... a flag for the Thread.. even though it had a rocky start! lol.....
Originally posted by fixer1967
reply to post by dr_strangecraft
That is the problem. As far as I knew there has not been any research on how EMP would effect a small gas engine either the older ones with points and condenser or the new electric type ignitions. If any research has been done I sure have never heard of it. A "back-up" coil as a spare in some type of EMP sheilding would not be a bad idea just in case.