[SEMCO] Urine Diversion Workshop at Waquoit Bay Reserve, Thursday, May 30

[Muller, Joan (DCR)]

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Urine Diversion Toilets:

What’s It All About? A Workshop for Curious Community Members



Thursday, May 30, 2024

[Waqoit Bay View]


How urine diversion works and how it can help improve coastal water quality.

(Earle Barnhart and Hilda Maingay, The Green Center)



Results of recent urine diversion study and discussion of proposed future Falmouth urine diversion pilot project. (Bryan Horsley, MASSTC)



A panel of community members will share their experiences with various types of urine diversion toilets in their homes.

 

 

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve





Urine Diversion Toilets:

What’s It All About?

A Workshop for Curious Community Members



Thursday, May 30, 2024

6:30PM - 8:30PM



If you live in Falmouth or the surrounding towns, you’ve likely been hearing the words urine diversion a lot lately. Nitrogen entering our coastal and fresh waters is the main reason the water quality of the coastal water bodies on the Cape is degrading. Most of the nitrogen in our waste is found in the urine. To what extent can we reduce the main source of nitrogen to our bays, ponds, and groundwater by simply diverting the urine at the source?



Come learn the basics and hear about the prospects for urine diversion in our area. Earle Barnhart and Hilda Maingay of the Green Center in East Falmouth have been researching and using waterless composting eco-toilets for 25 years. In the last ten years their research focus has been on urine diversion technology. They will explain how urine diversion works and how it can help improve coastal water quality. Bryan Horsley, MASSTC Environmental Project Assistant will cover the results of the recent urine diversion study done by the Green Center in cooperation with MASSTC. He will also review the previous 2012-14 Falmouth eco-toilet project and explain a proposed future Falmouth urine diversion pilot project. Also featured in this workshop is a panel of community members who will share their experiences with various types of urine diversion toilets in their homes and help demystify the technology.



The Visitor Center will open at 6:15PM. The presentation will run from 6:30PM - -8:30PM.



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For more information contact Joan Muller joan.muller at mass.gov<mailto:joan.muller at mass.gov>.




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Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

131 Waquoit Highway, Waquoit, MA 02536

 

 



Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve | P.O. Box 3092 | Waquoit, MA 02536 US




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