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Module 2-10
Tank based systems
TANK-BASED TECHNOLOGIES take waste into a single or series of tanks, where controlled short retention time treatment takes place (in typically six-hour cycles). The Organica FCR approach described below is a good example of an ecological engineering approach to tank-based design.
In countries with cold winters, FCRs are installed in greenhouses: 8,000-pe system outside Budapest. Organica.
Constructed wetlands and lagoon-based systems are located in the open and usually have a high physical footprint and low ecological footprint. In wastewater treatment physical size can be traded for energy. Tank based systems are more highly engineered, are of a smaller size and use larger amounts of energy. The chart in in the next chapter (Suitable treatment for sustainable communities) illustrates this.
Follow this link to watch of tour of the Organica Tank-Bsed System that treats water for 200,000 people in Shanghai https://www.organicawater.com/facility. FCRs can be installed in urban areas because there are no odours.
The planted ecologies on indoor tank-based systems make the greenhouses look like botanical gardens.
The Living Machine, Findhorn Ecovillage, Scotland, Biomatrix Water
Module 2, lesson 11
