Alaska Bioshelter

This guy built, out of the side of an Alaska mountain, a water recycling, self-sustaining shelter. Out of some fairly simple stuff. The goal was for third world countries in desert areas to have a model to build homes by. Somewhere Kevin Kostner is kicking himself for drinking the urine straight in Waterworld...

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• self-sustaining
• ecological
• environment
• water
• recycling
• science

[hypnos315]

Where does the electricity come from???

[suaveano]

Love this video. very thorough

[dacroz1]

Because I can purify it well enough to fully reuse it. It is a fully closed system, no well or septic. I have a virtually unlimited supply of water (because it doesn't go anywhere), but only "use" about 1-2 gallons/day. Search for "biorealis biofilter" for how to build info

[1timby]

Hmm... Interesting, Not sure why a dry well type wouldn't suffice? Seems like a lot of fuss for gray-water.

Thanks for the info.

[YiuTeub]

@watercatwn6535nd cost . 15-20 thousand for something to poop into is stupid. Excavation is a ripoff and so is install. This is great.

[watercatwn6535nd]

Whats wrong with septic tank and drain field?

[npteach]

We run it through our indoor wetlands and reuse it. What else?

[ladedk]

What happens to the treated greywater? since you have a composting toilet, it cant' be used for this purpose i assume.....

[PakaNoHida]

UV is best, but bulbs should be replaced every 3, 4 months at most.. Ozone will kill everything, and oxidize everything. Ozone is actually pretty dangerous when not handled properly. This gentleman WILL have a leak of ozone since he is not using proper tubing; he should be using silicone.

[wiredforstereo]

See other video, home built carousel type batch composter.