INCLINED HUMANURE DRY COMPOSTER

1. ASSEMBLY MATERIALS (foot = ', inches = ")
   1. Two Fiberglass 'Sailfish' Boat Hulls (Red & Blue) 13 feet 8 inches long x 3 feet x 10 inches. Provide rigid but flexible durable impenetrable waterproof surface for plants, bacteria, insects.
   2. Joined with 20' x 16" fiberglass flat sheet with 2" overlap on either side. This width is variable depending upon the width desired to accommodate the number of toilets (ie. 1- 4 toilets).
   3. Fitted Plywood or Cement-board (fireproof) supports to hold tank at six foot height on bow end inclined to floor. Supports should hold filled weight of tank.. 3/4" Plywood Supports 4' x 8' = 4' x 32" + 3' x 32" + 2' x 32" + 1' x 32" + 8" x 32" + 4" x 32"
   4. 6" Insulation (eg. fiberglass) covered with 1/4" cement board = 19' x 42". Although tank is in basement, insulation provides for moderated growing temperatures and will protect plants, insects and bacteria incase of winter freeze of house during electrical outages.
   5. Descent Tubes (16" diameter) to Humanure Toilet = 3' long + Kitchen Cuttings = 5 1/2' long.
   6. 3/16" Plexiglas Sheets Clear (4' x 8'), End 6' x 44", Baffle 5' x 32", Two Sides 4' x 8', Side extensions 4' x 8' Encloses output terrarium for tall grass phragmites. Permits light yet isolates any insects, humidity or odor. The End sheet 6' x 44" is developped into an access door/window providing light for growing of plants, insects and bacteria, heating of vent air to roof, access for two month cutting of tall grass/reeds & monitoring/testing of humidity, air quality, soil pH. etc.
   7. 1/4" Cement Board 4' x 8' = Three sheets to cover insulation of tank and as a ceiling to green output section 44" x 8'.
   8. Sealed covers for toilet (squatting platform?) & kitchen tubes = 14" diameter with rubber seals.
   9. 15' x 4" vent pipe to roof is joined by exhaust air vents separate from input and output sections.
   10. Fan fitting into 4" vent pipe provides backup depending upon "draw" conditions of roof vent pipe and input tubes.
   11. Access panels into tank input section beside toilet and kitchen descent tubes for monitoring and testing of materials at this point.
       
   12. OPERATION PROCEDURES will be adjusted with feedback from monitoring and testing.
       1. Fill bottom of Composter with leaf compost soil up to baffle division between input / output sections. Plants, bacteria & insects will absorb, transform, aerate, & transport humanure inputs.
       2. Plant a variety of phragmite tall grasses from Rhizomes gathered from wild sources (ie with accompanying plant, insect, bacteria diversity) for self-selection.
       3. Introduce 'Red Wriggler' worms, spiders, beetles etc.
       4. Begin toilet Humanure and Kitchen cutting inputs immediately after planting and insects.
       5. Urine is absorbed into plant, bacteria and insect water cycle and filtered through living soil medium. Carbon/Nitrogen ratio should approximate 18 - 30 to 1. An outdoor bed of tall grasses would receive one meter of precipitation per year (Montreal) = ~ 3 cubic meters = 3000 Litres for a growing area of this tank's output size. The average adult produces 400 - 500 Litres of urine per year and 50 - 60 Litres of Feces per year. On this bases it is estimated that water (with appropriate natural solvents) used in cleaning the toilet and kitchen input tubes or the plexiglas output terrarium walls as well as extra water may be needed.
       6. Negative draw from tank sucks air from input tubes for humanure and kitchen. This "draw" is linked to roof vent pipe and solar heating of end plexiglas panel.
       7. Harvest tall grasses from output terrarium ~ every two months. Output is relative to input (2.5). Plants re-grow continually from rhizomes.
       8. Roots aerate, feed, transport and circulate water, nutrients and minerals.
       9. Tests and monitoring for COLIFORM, BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND BOD, Ph, Wet/Dry ratio, Carbon/Nitrogen ratio, Bacteria, Smell (Volatile oils), Green Harvest etc.