Humans pee! Yep, and a lot.
And wastewater treatment has become BIG systems. But the story isn't a simple one. Sewer treatment is necessary because our urine collects all the waste chemicals from our medications and foods and drinks...and it goes back into our water system. Those New Yorkers are innovative! They are developing an open source innovation project that is crowd sourced to develop ideas on how to turn pee into hydroponic farming fertilizer.
And wastewater treatment has become BIG systems. But the story isn't a simple one. Sewer treatment is necessary because our urine collects all the waste chemicals from our medications and foods and drinks...and it goes back into our water system. Those New Yorkers are innovative! They are developing an open source innovation project that is crowd sourced to develop ideas on how to turn pee into hydroponic farming fertilizer.
To learn more about urban agriculture ... which doesn't require pee, here's an introduction to Window Farms and urban agriculture for food production.