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Default Septic solution for cottage/cabin

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:06:41 -0600, wrote:

A question was posted on alternative waste disposal methods and to this
I say:

Composting toilets don't work well if your climate is cold and are
infrequently used. They need A bit of heat in order to keep them
activated.
In my opinion your best option is an Incinolet toilet (incinolet.com)
These toilets use electricity (110 or 220) to incinerate the solid waste
that you can than put in the compost pile or trash from time to time.
I intend on putting one in my basement as my sewer discharge is higher
than the basement floor and I don't care to mess around with pumps down
there.
The only problem is they are not cheap starting at $1600.00 for there
cabin size unit.
As to your grey water you might get by with A dry well but your local
building code dept. should be consulted on that.



In my opinion, your best bet is to dig a deep hole and a lot
of trenches, and put in a digester and drainfield.

But that's just me.

Failing that, put in a holding tank, and pay
someone with a truck to come pump it out
once a year.