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When it rains it pours in Ecuador, and we collect all the rainwater from every rooftop on the property in rain gutters and tanks below them.
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Rainwater, Bathrooms & Showers For the most up to date information, visit our new website, gaiasagrada.com. Collection of Rainwater & Bio-Sand Filters Grey Water Distribution That is why there are not more rooms or cabins with private showers in them, even though some rooms we are building have a toilet and sink in them. The shower water in many different rooms would be difficult to collect, requires complicated piping systems, and would not be as easy to distribute throughout the property. In order to keep costs down, at this time we request that everyone use the community shower house so that all grey water from showers goes into the tank below the building and then can be redistributed. We only have the resources to build one of these systems at this time. Toilets While we have composting outhouses in the outer reaches of the land where hiking occurs, we have grey water toilets at the more central areas of the property. This is a gentle way of reusing grey water before it flows to the septic tanks underground. Might as well! If you look in the toilet, the water won’t be dirty at all, and you won’t even notice that it is grey water. We filter it in order to get everything out, but we don’t purify it enough to use for drinking. We only use potable water from the community for consumption.
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Live Gently on the Earth.
All of Ecuador’s electricity is generated by hydro-electric dams.
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