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Author:
Baird, Gord, author.
Title:
Essential composting toilets : a guide to options, design, installation, and use / Gord Baird and Ann Baird.
Publisher:
New Society Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
ix, 181 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Subject:
Toilets--Design and construction.
Compost.
Sewage as fertilizer.
Night soil.
Other Authors:
Baird, Ann, author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Safe composting -- System components and processes -- Design considerations -- Commode batch systems -- Chambered/moldering batch systems -- Continuous systems -- Fluid management -- Best practices -- The last flush -- Percolation test procedure -- Manufacturers -- Glossary.
Summary:
"[A] manual that takes a practical, how-to approach to composting toilet system selection, design, installation, and operation, while meeting universal health and safety objectives. Drawing from existing regulations and research, this book dispels myths and provides tools to assess various systems"--Back cover.
Series:
Sustainable building essentials series
ISBN:
0865718725
9780865718722
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1030615086
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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