Pollution disposal. How inventive! How economical!

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Practical solutions to real problems. You can't beat it. Hats off to the inventors

wattsupwiththat.com/2011/01/09/poo-gloo-gaia-pans/#more-31235



This illustration shows the inner workings of a Poo-Gloo device used to increase treatment of sewage in municipal waste lagoons. Each Poo-Gloo -- sold under the name Bio-Dome -- includes four nested domes with plastic packing (wagon wheel shapes) between them to provide a large surface area on which sewage-eating bacteria grow. A hose (red) sends bubbles (gray circles) upward through the Poo-Gloo, and the air helps pull wastewater up through the device (blue arrows). A new study shows Poo-Gloos provide a relatively inexpensive alternative to mechanical sewage treatment plans for small to mid-sized towns and cities outgrowing their sewage lagoons.

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pat says:
January 9, 2011 at 9:11 am
Good lord. On a related note of equal foreboding.

Edible Insects Produce Smaller Quantities of Greenhouse Gasses Than Cattle

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Uh-oh!

[marchesarosa]

For about a decade I have contributed monthly to a charity called Wateraid and this morning received an email expressing thanks. This is what it said:

Dear Ms *****,

I wish you a healthy and happy New Year and thank you from the bottom of my heart for your incredible support.

No-one can better explain how much your support is valued than someone like Junior, who has felt your kindness because his school now has safe toilets for the very first time.

"I like these toilets, they are beautiful because they have pipes and they remove dirt and smell."
- Junior, aged nine, Chiobola School, Zambia (pictured above)

Last year we installed nine new latrine blocks in Junior's school. Today the children at Chiobola School do not need to dig a hole in the ground when they need to use the toilet.

To meet Junior and hear about what you helped us achieve in 2010 please watch a special film we've made just for you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjS3DkEqOqM

Every day you are transforming lives in so many ways. I hope you are as proud as I am of the work you make possible, and I trust that together we'll continue our task of bringing clean water and safe toilets to those still missing out in 2011.

On behalf of everyone at WaterAid, thank you once again
Barbara Frost
Chief Executive

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Since this thread concerns sewage and the costs/benefits of water treatment I thought I would highlight this heartening New Year message.

Yes, the water closet is indeed an improvement on digging a hole in the ground and don’t let anyone try to persuade you otherwise! Electification and water supply save lives. In a world of burgeoning population this is ever more true.

[Mr Red]

Hmmmm a burgeoning population creates more waste - of all sorts.

Just wait till the developing countries decide that they want a piece of the affluent pie. And the developed world cries foul over global warming from their CO2! And who is going to provide the water to grow their food? Darfur was a conflict over water, Golan Heights was annexed so that the mountain could be riddled with holes to direct water to Jordan which is still at half level and the conflict there is not resolved yet.

People are the biggest pollution.

Now - anyone got any ideas on reducing that one (this side of Hitler)?

I thought not! But knowing what the problem is allows you to work around it. Denial is not a solution.