>>> Posting number 23, dated 25 May 1998 21:23:09
Subject:      Living Machines in UK
From:   Alex Walker <awalker@FINDHORN.ORG>

Jacky Foo asked:
>The homepage says:
>>The effluent will be re-used for irrigation.
>
>What do you do with the effluent now ?

Sadly, it is sent into the local sewer.

Originally we intended to put the cleansed water into the Bay (a tidal inlet), but in the months following the construction of the Living Machine at Findhorn the local pollution enforcement agency,  the local authority and the water authority were all re-reorganized, and  the Bay is in process of being designated as a nature reserve. In the ensuing chaos they have been unable to agree to this step so now we are setting up a system to have the water put into a soak away prior to setting up an irrigation system.

Best wishes,
Alex Walker



 Source: Internet Conference on Integrated Bio-Systems, 1998.
Eds: E.L. Foo & T. Della Senta.
http://www.ias.unu.edu/proceedings/icibs/todd