DR. JOHN TODD has new websites : )

This is a small list of absolutely necessary reading.

http://www.toddecological.com/ecomachines/design.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Todd_(biologist)

(Wikipedia is the most awesome creation!)

External links

• "Ocean Arks"
• DOE - Milestone Buildings of the 20th Century
• "Research Projects"
• "Living Technologies"
• CNN feature: John Todd's Eco Machines
• "Slice of Life in Business People, Vermont"
• "Treehugger interview with John Todd"
• Big Picture TV Free video clips of John Todd
• "John Todd Ecological Design, Inc."

I have been inside the greenhouse on a road adjacent to the Burlington VT  Sewage Treatment Plant where he had a grant to study the water.  It was awesome to see the roots dangling into the water from the wire mesh screens holding them in place and to see the pure water in various stages after the plants absorbed the nutrients.  The tropical looking plants were thriving.  I was so impressed after reading his book (also the one on Bioneers)  several years ago I started looking for grants which I knew were available for small innovative systems.   This is not rocket science.  You do not have to have a degree to understand age old principles of biology he promotes.  

People have created ponds for a variety of purposes...mostly ornamental or for water conservation, and the key element here is that the tank or lined pond can't leak..how easy is that?  Also, you cannot create a constructed wetland or man made- bog or marsh inside a real one.  You can't pollute a natural marsh.  "You have to keep them  separated".  Also, you shouldn't grow and eat spinach in the treatment water.  Logical isn't it.  

Wastewater Information Clearinghouse

http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/wastewater.cfm

Our Products

• Wastewater Products List (pdf) - Both the NSFC and the NODP have an extensive holding of free or low-cost posters, CDs, DVDs, magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, guidebooks, and other similar materials that help explain wastewater topics including onsite systems.
• Small Flows Magazine - This NSFC publication features news, technical, and educational articles. Topics cover a variety of small community wastewater issues, including treatment technologies, regulations, and finance. Included as an insert are peer-reviewed research journal articles.
• Pipeline Newsletter - The NSFC publishes popular with small community officials, citizens, maintenance and inspection personnel, and community educators, each quarterly issue of Pipeline focuses on a single wastewater topic and presents it in an easy-to-read format.
• Newsletter and Journal Archives- The Small Flows newsletter and Small Flows Journal both feature a wide range of topics related to small community wastewater, including: treatment technologies, design information, financial assistance, water quality, onsite and small community wastewater issues, and public education. These publications are out of print, but availble online.
• Environmental Technology Initiative (ETI) Fact Sheets - As part of the ETI, the NSFC collected information from approximately 600 innovative wastewater technology projects and used it to create fact sheets designed to present information about suitable wastewater technology/practices for different situations.
• Tools for Communities - Produced by the NODP, this series of products is designed to assist communities with addressing onsite and decentralized wastewater management issues.
• Wastewater Listserv - Receive our wastewater news by e-mail

• Databases
• Forum (online discussion)
• Groundwater Protection
• Healthy Household Solutions
• Management and Planning for Small Community Wastewater
• Operators Toolbox
• Regulations
• Public Health
• Septic Systems
• Securing Small Wastewater Systems Links
• SORA/COI Annual Conference
• Sustainable Infrastructure
• Onsite Wastewater Regulations and System Resources

Waterforum - Check here. It will grow!

Tech Groups Yahoo

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/waterforum/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=1


National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association NAWRA
http://www.nowra.org/

Please feel free to add sites to my blog.

Green is good. Green Mountain State, Vermont

Telling the world about Dr. John Todd, University of Vermont, Bioneer is not easy.
I want an information box at the green sanctuary for this reason. The old fashioned way was paper. Here is something I have been following for a while:

• http://chemicallygreen.com/world-toilet-day/

In fact, isn't this a nice email he sent me? What he is saying is that people are not as concerned as they ought to be. I don't promote any particular product that I know of. I have read some trade magazines and for years read stuff from the Chesapeake area in that huge database I forget the name of it now. Once I did a page on geocities but it disappeared I forget why.

"Carole, thank you very much for your comments and followup info for
Chemically Green. I wish we could get a lot more people to
show passion and concern about green and saving the planet like you.
If you have any other info or a great idea for a post, please let me know.
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Keep in touch and have a great 2009.
Best wishes,
Steven R. Mason
President
Chemically Green
"Green Solutions for Today"
CG