Re: SB: Gravity fed domestic water system

[David Delaney <ddelaney@sympatico.ca>]

Hi Ben

Thanks for the information about the Ontario code.

I am in the Orangeville area several times a year. 
I would like to take advantage of one such trip to 
see the house at the Everdale center and discuss 
its design with you.

I will contact you in, say, early February?.

I will also get in touch with Chris Magwood. Madoc is
a couple of hours from Ottawa on Hwy 7.

David

At 08:53 PM 11/20/02, Ben Polley wrote:
>Hi David,
>
>This thread may already have been exhausted but some quick notes for you:
>-In Ontario a gravity fed domestic water system (Class 9 I think???) is not 
>subject to some of the same conditions for waste disposal that would be a 
>conventional system.  For example, I beleive that you require only a small 
>leaching field as opposed to a full septic bed (assuming other managment of 
>black water such as dry composting toilet)
>-Try contacting Chris Magwood (Ed of The Last Straw) regarding his house's 
>system in Madoc, Ontario which is basically as you describe exceptthat I 
>think he has a pump feed from the ground level cistern to his 
>overhead 'pressure' tank in the attic each night.  Something like that.  
>-We will be demonstrating a gravity fed domestic water system at Hillsburgh, 
>Ontario's Everdale Environmental Learning Centre for Home Alive! -  a living 
>demonstration home.  Feel free to contact me this winter when the design 
>details are complete.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Cheers,
>Ben Polley
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