Contents
Chapter
1
Shift Happens! Composting Toilet Systems Emerge as Viable Wastewater Alternatives
1
Chapter
2
The Big Picture: Managing Wastewater Sustainably 9
Better Ways Emerging:
From Disposal to Utilization ¥ A New Design Protocol for Better Water Eco-Nomics
Chapter
3
What Is a Composting Toilet System and How Does It Compost? 15 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
Chapter
4
Choosing and Planning a Composting Toilet System 31 Local Regulations,
Performance, Lifestyle ¥ Installation Considerations ¥ Keeping It Warm ¥ Ventilation
and Exhaust ¥ Toilet Stool Considerations ¥ Capacity Issues ¥ Cost ¥ Leachate
¥ Urine Management
Chapter
5
Installing Your System 47 General Installation Guidelines ¥ Installing
the Components
Chapter
6
Operating and Maintaining Your Composting Toilet System 53 Starting Up
Your Composter ¥ Additives for Composting Toilets ¥ Earthworms ¥ Controlling Insects
¥ What Do You Do With It? ¥ Regular Maintenance Steps ¥ Troubleshooting ¥ DoÔs
and DonÔts
Chapter
7
The Systems Some Manufactured Systems, Site-Built Designs and Toilet Stools
69 Manufactured Composting Toilet Systems ¥ Site-Built Composting Toilet Systems
¥ Other Systems and Accessories ¥ Toilet Stools for Your Composting Toilet System
Chapter
8
Composting Toilets at Work 125 Profiles of Owners and Operators ¥ Composting
Toilets in Development Programs
Chapter
9
What About Graywater? 167 Know Your Graywater ¥ Some Graywater Systems
Chapter
10
The Future of Composting Toilet Systems 195
General Resources 198
Glossary 199
State Regulations 202
Appendix
209
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...
Index 234
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