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Yes,In fact an older faculty member here specializes in low-energy low maintenace wastewater treatment. Wetlands are a good example of that, but they are usually used after 2ndary treatment. Lagoons, essentially giant basins to dump sewage in, can be designed very effectively to minimize odor and treat a sizeable community. there are many options for those that are looking to construct something "simple" and effective. The only trade off, usually, is energy cost versus footprint. Usually, you can get away with minimal energy cost, but the land needed for it might be large in comparison to a mechanical operation treating the same volums. Maybe for a community of a few dozen houses you could get away with a few acres for your lagoon, oxidation ditch, etc. But that also depends upon the communities conciousness with water use. I can get some references for you, if you're interested.

Drinking water:
You can even get "commercial" treatment facilities for small flows (a few housing units or even one unit), but they're relatively expensive. Their effectiveness also depneds upon the overall quality of the source water. For example, the town Simpsonville, in SC, has just discovered they have a uranium problem in their drinking water. A company donated one treatment unit (used for treatment of 1 house) and it was around 50K, but it was pretty effective.

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The Environment: Part I - Wastewater Treatment [View all] , Ananse, Wed Mar-20-02 11:25 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
Definition of Terms:
Mar 20th 2002
1
Primary Treatment
Mar 20th 2002
2
Secondary Treatment
Mar 20th 2002
3
Tertiary Treatment
Mar 20th 2002
4
Land Application
Mar 20th 2002
5
RE: greywater and blackwater treatment
Mar 25th 2002
29
sweet
Mar 20th 2002
6
up
Mar 20th 2002
7
Ganges River?
Mar 20th 2002
8
Loosely
Mar 21st 2002
9
can i tell a story?
Mar 21st 2002
10
a little backstage inbox convo:
Mar 21st 2002
11
Don't worry! :-)
Mar 21st 2002
12
biological treatment options:
Mar 21st 2002
13
BTO for Stormwater
Mar 21st 2002
14
wetlands:
Mar 25th 2002
21
i think
Mar 25th 2002
23
      true but
Mar 25th 2002
25
           you NEED
Mar 25th 2002
26
           methinks
Mar 25th 2002
27
                hmmm not listed here
Mar 25th 2002
28
           the only real issue
Mar 25th 2002
30
           Wow
Mar 25th 2002
31
                i take offense....
Mar 25th 2002
32
                RE: Wow
Mar 25th 2002
33
                texas vs austin
Mar 25th 2002
34
                     RE: texas vs austin
Mar 26th 2002
35
RE: BTO for Stormwater
Mar 10th 2005
39
sources or websites?
Mar 25th 2002
24
Individual homes
Mar 22nd 2002
15
      how feasible would it be
Mar 22nd 2002
17
           Feasibility
Mar 25th 2002
19
RE: The Environment: Part I - Wastewater Treatment
Mar 23rd 2002
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RE: The Environment: Part I - Wastewater Treatment
Mar 25th 2002
20
      RE: The Environment: Part I - Wastewater Treatment
Mar 26th 2002
36
that's what's up
Mar 25th 2002
22
up...good reading
Mar 26th 2002
37
Living in Atlanta, I think this is so damn important.
Mar 09th 2005
38

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