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Microsoft Toilet 2.0
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Bill Gates has helped develop a composting toilet design that could save many of us in Puna a lot of money. Rather than replace cesspools with expensive septic systems, these toilets could solve the problem of contaminated groundwater. Testing will begin on Big Island next year:

He (State Rep. Chris Lee) says some of the communities on the list to test the new toilets include Kahaluu and Waimanalo on Oahu, as well as Puako on the Big Island.#8233;Lee says companies are looking to eventually price the toilets between $700 to $1,000.#8233;“When you compare that to the $30,000 it would cost the homeowner to upgrade a cesspool to a septic system, it really is a no-brainer,” said Lee, who represents Kailua and Waimanalo.

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2018/11/20/...ed-toilet/

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#2
the $30,000 it would cost the homeowner to upgrade a cesspool

Where do they get these numbers? My septic was under $10K. Installed.
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Kalakoa:
Those are County Bid style numbers; includes EIS, feasibility study, collection, assignment and challenges to 'lowest bidder' etc.
Under those terms, $30K would be a bid which wouldn't make money without 'change orders'.
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#4
My septic was $7,000 including the required engineer's stamp. But all of this is moot if they can't get the new toilets approved into the building code. It will be interesting to see how creative the county will be in exploiting this new direction.
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#5
see how creative the county will be

If State DOH is serious, they will "type-approve" these, putting them beyond County regulation.
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#6
This really does seem like it could be a logical and feasible answer to the problem from the homeowner level to the multi-unit level. My skepticism is probably just a conditioned response.
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#7
Boy, I don’t know. It uses chemicals. Aren’t they bad? Wink

Cheers,
Kirt
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#8
Microsoft Toilet. I thought you were talking about the Surface tablet.
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#9
Kirt, the article doesn't specify what chemicals will be used, so you are correct to question whether they are "bad" or not.
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#10
Will it be Windows-based?

What about hackers?
Puna: Our roosters crow first
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