Comments on: Wastewater Treatment Plant In San Francisco Is a Gorgeous Indoor Wetland http://inhabitat.com/wastewater-treatment-plant-in-san-francisco-is-a-gorgeous-indoor-wetland/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Thu, 23 May 2013 12:02:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: cho http://inhabitat.com/wastewater-treatment-plant-in-san-francisco-is-a-gorgeous-indoor-wetland/comment-page-1/#comment-344758 cho Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:24:41 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=220512#comment-344758 I don't really understand former comments. How do you know this garden doens't work technically? It's an idea that has been developed for half a century. Even living machine has practiced for 10 years already. Constructed wetland has been involved in industrial scale waste water treatment plant already. Here, living machine tried to present a different idea, treating waste water locally in a more natural way. It's a LOCAL water solution reducing the stress on city infrastructure. That's what LEED aims for. Membrane bio-readors or thermal de-polymerization are available only in industrial scale. It's different concept. Also, it's actually an energy solution, not for water. I don’t really understand former comments. How do you know this garden doens’t work technically? It’s an idea that has been developed for half a century. Even living machine has practiced for 10 years already. Constructed wetland has been involved in industrial scale waste water treatment plant already. Here, living machine tried to present a different idea, treating waste water locally in a more natural way. It’s a LOCAL water solution reducing the stress on city infrastructure. That’s what LEED aims for. Membrane bio-readors or thermal de-polymerization are available only in industrial scale. It’s different concept. Also, it’s actually an energy solution, not for water.

]]> By: waterexpert http://inhabitat.com/wastewater-treatment-plant-in-san-francisco-is-a-gorgeous-indoor-wetland/comment-page-1/#comment-303795 waterexpert Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:33:06 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=220512#comment-303795 This is just a gimmick with no technical (scientific), environmental or economical benefit. The vegetation would look beautiful, no doubt. But if that's what you are after why not just plant them without running the risk of exposing the public to sewage! There are other methods for treating sewage on a small scale that are far more efficient and economical. This is just a gimmick with no technical (scientific), environmental or economical benefit. The vegetation would look beautiful, no doubt. But if that’s what you are after why not just plant them without running the risk of exposing the public to sewage! There are other methods for treating sewage on a small scale that are far more efficient and economical.

]]> By: lazyreader http://inhabitat.com/wastewater-treatment-plant-in-san-francisco-is-a-gorgeous-indoor-wetland/comment-page-1/#comment-302075 lazyreader Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:15:11 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=220512#comment-302075 Real Utilities have to deal with hundreds of billions of gallons a year, pardon the pun but these devices are just a drop in the bucket. I agree it's interesting if applied to every commercial building in the city. But this is more aesthetically pleasing than it is useful. Other devices like membrane bio-reactors and thermal de-polymerization offer useful industrial scale applications to deal with wastewater. http://inhabitat.com/researchers-use-algae-to-treat-wastewater-and-generate-biofuel/ Real Utilities have to deal with hundreds of billions of gallons a year, pardon the pun but these devices are just a drop in the bucket. I agree it’s interesting if applied to every commercial building in the city. But this is more aesthetically pleasing than it is useful.

Other devices like membrane bio-reactors and thermal de-polymerization offer useful industrial scale applications to deal with wastewater.

http://inhabitat.com/researchers-use-algae-to-treat-wastewater-and-generate-biofuel/

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