Is it possible to get more information about this chemical toilet?
Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > [Original Message] > From: casey koogler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 6/10/2008 6:01:03 PM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Wilcox Skipper Head Info > > Gregory, > > I looked at a boat last summer with two heads. One was on a holding tank and the other was "chemical". The owner said he did not like the one with the holding tank because under way it sloshed and stunk. His daughter said you can actually swim near the chemical toilet with no adverse effects and it was coast guard approved for harbor and coastal use. > > Do you represent that type system? > > Casey > > > --- On Fri, 6/6/08, Eos Design (Air Head) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Eos Design (Air Head) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Wilcox Skipper Head Info > > To: "Lew Hodgett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, June 6, 2008, 9:49 AM > > I'm not sure how I got into this discussion but since I > > make composting toilets for a living I've done quite a > > bit of research on this.... > > > > You are correct urine is sterile and will lose sterility > > quickly when dumped into a nonsterile body of water. > > However, so will the contents of a can of vacuum packed > > (sterile) soup when dumped into the water. Which means > > that one is no more likely to "catch something" > > from the expelled soup than the urine. > > > > The issue in dumping urine is not in causing disease but in > > that one is adding nutrients to a system that is most > > likely overloaded with them aleady. Too many nutrients > > causes unbalance in the local ecosystem and has the > > ultimate and general effect of reducing the amount of > > animal diversity. It makes all the sense in the world to > > empty small amounts of urine and feces into areas that will > > not feel the effects...open ocean at least a few miles out > > (where legal). > > > > Hope that helps, > > > > Geoffrey Trott General Manager Eos Design LLC PO Box 5 > > Mt. > > Vernon, OH 43050 740-392-3642 > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > From: "Lew Hodgett" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Wilcox Skipper Head Info > > Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:19:39 -0700 > > > > "Philip R. McGovern" wrote: > > > > > > > > I know nothing about this, but a cruising nurse from > > Minnesota > > > recently told > > > me that urine *is* sterile. > > > > When first discharged, urine is sterile; however, it's > > contents > > provide and excellent place to nurture unwanted things and > > it loses > > sterile status in short order. > > > > Lew > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Liveaboard mailing list > > [email protected] > > To adjust your membership settings over the web > > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > > To subscribe send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The archives are at > > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > > > To search the archives > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
