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Right to Water (waterrights@iatp.org)    Posted: 10/26/2000  By
svarghese@iatp.org
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For Jens Steenberg, no water is waste water: His recycling device turns
sewage into clean _ and technically, drinkable _ water.

Nunatsiaq News IQALUIT _ Jens Steenberg hasn_t emptied his sewage tank for
a year and a half, and he_s proud of it. Indeed, thanks to a recycling
device that he thinks could revolutionize water use in the Arctic,
Steenberg says he won_t have to pump out his tank for several more years.
Working like an in-house septic tank, the bio-filter uses naturally
occuring bacteria to strain the solids out of waste water. The liquid water
that_s left behind is filtered further, then disinfected with ozone, and
then piped back into the plumbing, where it_s used for washing clothes and
flushing toilets.

The whole process is organic and chemical-free. Steenberg sends samples
every 10 days to a laboratory in Ottawa, where the water is tested for
impurities. So far its record has been spotless. "It_s actually turning out
better than the Town water," he said.

The bio-filter was devised by a company called Creative Communities
Research in Toronto. It cost Steenberg around $30,000 to purchase and
install, and it has cut his water usage by around 60 percent, in addition
to nearly eliminating the need for sewer pick-up.

In the Arctic, where the price of water and sewer service are exorbitant,
those kind of savings could add up.

Source: http://www.iatp.org/watershed/







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