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Putting Sewage In A Greenhouse

A pilot project at Sugarbush, Vt., revealed that nature’s original waste treatment plan works–except for a few glitches created by man. A greenhouse was constructed with a variety of organisms to remove different pollutants from effluent waste. This “Solar-aquatic technology”…

A pilot project at Sugarbush, Vt., revealed that nature’s original waste treatment plan works–except for a few glitches created by man. A greenhouse was constructed with a variety of organisms to remove different pollutants from effluent waste. This “Solar-aquatic technology” is being developed by Susan Peterson of Ecological Engineering, Inc.

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