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My wife and I rented a Yurt in Fort Collins, CO, near the foot hills of Wyoming. The owner was super eco-conscious/zero-waste. I've not camped for a while, and
by kingsloi 5y ago
My wife and I rented a Yurt in Fort Collins, CO, near the foot hills of Wyoming. The owner was super eco-conscious/zero-waste. I've not camped for a while, and haven't used anything other than a toilet for years, but something about doing my business in the out house really made the experience 10x better. I think maybe because I feel guilt whenever I flush a toilet that says "3.5-5 gal/flush"... that's a lot of water. I'm not sure the owner used the "humanure", but regardless, it was one less flush.
- kingsloi 5y agoOops, I meant 3.5-5L/flush.
- ldiracdelta 5y agoOne of the weird things about compost toilet is that septic systems exist. If you're on a well in Colorado, you pump up the water, do your business, filter the water through hundreds of feet of earth and then pump up the water again.
- sgc 5y agoProbably not, the water will usually migrate quite a bit before hitting well depth, depending on underlying geology. Composting toilets are also useful in the mountains where septic systems need to be extremely deep or will freeze during the winter. I do see the space for a septic system designed for rotation - ie that uses a pipe material designed to last X number of years that then itself biodegrades, and can be ploughed and the field used once a sufficient safety fallow period has passed.