[Vision2020] re:water

[Mark Solomon]

Hi Dan,

I agree that an appropriate disposal method should be developed. 
Stripped of their flush mechanisms, toilets are the definition of 
inert waste and make fine fill when crushed. Ever run over a toilet 
with a dozer? Seriously, the volume of crushed toilets versus the 
amount of concrete that is dozed into fill each year in the Moscow 
area?

I like the next step idea. It would make sense for the City to 
negotiate a bulk discount price for several models of low flush 
toilets and make them available to City residents at cost.

m.

At 7:14 AM -0700 4/25/06, Dan Carscallen wrote:
>Mark says:
>"The City could have a program where a developer could pay into a toilet
>replacement fund to cover the cost of replacing enough toilets that his
>or her development ended up water budget neutral. In this instance, the
>developer would have to "buy" 384 low-flush toilets to balance the water
>books"
>
>This is all well and good, but why not take it a step further.  The City
>could have a policy of offering said low-flush toilets (as Nils said --
>as long as they work) to the public at large, allowing people to "pay
>them off" on their monthly water bill.
>
>One problem (with either plan) -- what do do with all those old toilets?
>Take up landfill space?  That's not very "sustainable".  Maybe there's a
>market for crushed up toilets -- powder for use in concrete?  Recycle
>the material into new toilets?  I don't know, but my experience with
>busted toilets is that they turn into many sharp pieces.  I'm sure
>someone knows what can be done, but before we get too carried away with
>the retrofitting I think we need to find out what to do with the old
>stuff.
>
>DC