Comments on: Yukon’s off-grid government guide http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/11/30/yukons-off-grid-government-guide/ News, Insights, and Humour Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:14:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: talk talk talk http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/11/30/yukons-off-grid-government-guide/#comment-10585 talk talk talk Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:04:57 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/11/30/yukons-off-grid-government-guide/#comment-10585 I'm not sure if they had a septic tank in the traditional sense. This is how I remember it: they gathered rain and stored it. It went through a biological/natural filter. The filtered water was used for drinking and showering; that water was then recycled and used for toilets and I think washing machine. That water was then sent into a digester (?) and cleaned before being allowed to water the garden and soaked into the soil. There was no smell. The water looked normal -- clear and smelled like water. Down on the ground floor or somewhere around the house, you knew you were walking over the tanks. It was very interesting. I’m not sure if they had a septic tank in the traditional sense. This is how I remember it: they gathered rain and stored it. It went through a biological/natural filter. The filtered water was used for drinking and showering; that water was then recycled and used for toilets and I think washing machine. That water was then sent into a digester (?) and cleaned before being allowed to water the garden and soaked into the soil.

There was no smell. The water looked normal — clear and smelled like water. Down on the ground floor or somewhere around the house, you knew you were walking over the tanks. It was very interesting.

]]> By: Saskboy http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/11/30/yukons-off-grid-government-guide/#comment-10557 Saskboy Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:56:22 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/11/30/yukons-off-grid-government-guide/#comment-10557 No water connection, or sewage, so they had their own well and septic tank then? I haven't written about sweage mounds yet, but I should look up details. I know woodmountain.ca has quite a few around town, and they are both convenient and sightly when done properly. No water connection, or sewage, so they had their own well and septic tank then?
I haven’t written about sweage mounds yet, but I should look up details. I know woodmountain.ca has quite a few around town, and they are both convenient and sightly when done properly.

]]> By: talk talk talk http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/11/30/yukons-off-grid-government-guide/#comment-10515 talk talk talk Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/11/30/yukons-off-grid-government-guide/#comment-10515 CMHC sponsored an off-grid home in Toronto about 7 or 8 years ago, which was open to the public to tour for a few months. It was actually two semi-detached homes built as infill in a downtown neighbourhood, which meant there was no existing infrastructure to service them. One home was completely off-grid, the other had a credit/debit hydro meter for those days when the home didn't generate enough electricity to meet its needs. Actually these homes were totally off-grid, as in no connections to hydro, water, sewage, gas. Very cool! CMHC sponsored an off-grid home in Toronto about 7 or 8 years ago, which was open to the public to tour for a few months. It was actually two semi-detached homes built as infill in a downtown neighbourhood, which meant there was no existing infrastructure to service them. One home was completely off-grid, the other had a credit/debit hydro meter for those days when the home didn’t generate enough electricity to meet its needs. Actually these homes were totally off-grid, as in no connections to hydro, water, sewage, gas. Very cool!

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