H20Futures goes a step further and uses sea water to create a sustainable community as was done in Eritrea growing shrimp, talapia, salicornia and mangroves. I’m sure thereare equivalent flora and fauna that would be at home in a New England creating a temperate version of a sustainable community.

The problem is not so much can we solve the problem but how do we wish to do it. Rocky Mountain Institute suggests that a decentralized sewer system has many merits and can be used in conjunction with a centralized system to create viable water use system that rids the discussion of wasted waste water. It can create a closed system for a home with an integrated system that harvests storm water, recyles used water for reuse and buys produce water if necessary. Life cycle cost analysis suggests it is less expensive that a centralized system.

Our friends in Canada at http://www.ecotek.ca suggest that there is gold in that used water that we are wasting, grow fish, hydroponics, irrigation, flushing etc. By tapping into an existing sewer system, think of it as a river, the needs of a specific building might be met with the harvested waste water. The alternatives of a cycle of used water are endless.

Let me know when yellow perch get back in survival mode in Oyster Pond.