American company OriginOil has joined forces with French firm Ennesys to develop a process that converts wastewater from commercial buildings into energy.

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1. 1. eco-steve 12:36 PM 12/5/12

   How does this work at night?

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2. 2. DaniEder in reply to eco-steve 12:42 AM 12/9/12

   Obviously the Sun is not shining at night. That is why the video talks about "24 to 48 hours", in a sunny day the water is processed in 1 day, and if it is cloudy it takes 2 days. They will need temporary storage tanks for the waste water to cover cloudy days, and catch up on sunny days.

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3. 3. Bill Hewitt 08:55 AM 12/14/12

   Brilliant concept here, replicable all over the world. This illustrates what Bill McDonough says: "there are no wastes, only nutrients." http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2010/10/06/bill-mcdonough-moving-from-less-bad-to-more-good/

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4. 4. davide.toc 12:54 PM 2/18/13

   oh, yes. this is calling also treatment wetlands! it is a natural process that use bio-organism that uptake nutrients from wastewater and produce clean water. The most common pollutants in wastewater are nutrients for plants and also for algae. I wrote something about this on my www.treatmentwetlands.blogspot.com and also about the use of algae to clean up the wastewaters.

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