[Vision2020] re:water

[Janesta Carcich]

Many coastal areas use huge cement blocks as
artificial reefs. Why not use old toilets? There would
be a wide variety of sea creatures that would have a
lot of fun swimming in and out of those toilets.

Janesta

--- Brent Bradberry <bbradber at moscow.com> wrote:

> I remember that about 20 (approx) years ago there
> was such a program in 
> So. Cal. (specifically San Diego). I was visiting my
> daughter and 
> installed a low flush toilet for her - I don't
> remember the precise 
> cost, but it was nominal. It might be possible to
> check with the 
> appropriate agency in San Diego to see what happened
> to all the old toilets.
> Well, enough potty talk for now.
> 
> Brent Bradberry
> 
> 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
> >
> >
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> -- 
> Brent Bradberry, Ph. D.
> Professor of Mathematics, emeritus
> Lewis-Clark State College
> Commander, U. S. Navy (retired)
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Janesta Carcich

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”

~ Coretta Scott King ~ 
1927-2006


***Because I am finding my words on the blogs of organizations I do not support***

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