Hmmm - can't find any info about a house near Cape Cod; but in the book "Gaia's Garden" by Toby Hemenway, the chapter on "Catching, Conserving, and Using Water" has some information about a home/office north of San Fransico that uses a marsh and series of small ponds to reclaim grey water and contain rainwater as well. They have a list of plants that are suggested for bog gardens; e-mail me if you'd like a copy.

That sort of sounds like the Solviva house (www.solviva.com, I think), but its on either Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard (don't remember which). It's for sale now, I think.

There is a progressive cheese manufacturer that uses this method on their wastewater.

http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:1-Bm1OLj2fAC:www.livingmachines.com/pdfs/cedargrv.pdf+Wisconsin+and+cheese+and+bob+wills&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

http://www.cedargrovecheese.com/

Good luck!

Neat!

Here's a link to the co. that created that system for 'em.....

Here is a link that might be useful: Living Technologies

What a wonderful world we would live in if all manufacturers looked for solutions such as this!!!

I think you're looking for the now-defunct New Alchemy Institute in Falmouth. I spent some time there in 1985, took an integrated aquaculture course in the spring, interned in the summer and took apermaculture design course in the fall-during hurricane Gloria! John Todd was one of the founders of NAI and is the founder of Living Technologies. His Living Machines are cleaning up a lot of dirty water.

Patti

Here is a link that might be useful: new alchemy/greencenter

They do that with the sewage on the island of Bonaire. They dump it into a little dammed off valley and let stuff come grow in it. Place has become a magnet for birds who come for the critters who come for the sewage. Doesn't work for heavy metals, but is great for run of the mill sewage.