Subject:  Living technologies for waste water treatment
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 15:29:05 +0200
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Announcement of an Internet paper discussion

On 11 May to 5 June 1998, the discussion on a paper entitled "The design of 
living technologies for waste treatment" and information available at 
Living Technologies home page (http//:www.livingmachines.com) with John 
Todd & Beth Josephson of Ocean Arks International (Falmouth, USA) will be 
conducted via a LISTSERV mailing list.

The paper has been published in Ecological Engineering, 6:109-136 and 
available at http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-25860/icibs/toddl.html.dex.htmlh.cfmenbul-e.HTM . This article 
elucidates the emerging principles required for the design of 
 task-oriented mesocosms. Twelve key factors are discussed including 
mineral  diversity, nutrient reservoirs, steep gradients, high exchange 
rates, periodic and ramdom pulses, cellular design and mesocosm structure, 
subecosystems, microbial communities, photosynthetic bases, animal 
 diversity, biological exhanges beyond the mesocosm, and msocosm/macrocosm 
relationships. The fields of ecological design and engineering are 
developing efficient living technologies for environmental repair, waste 
treatment, food production and infra-structure integration. A living 
machine for the treatment of sewage and the production of fish and 
horticultural products, operational since 1989, produces high quality water 
 irrespective of season or input variation. BOD5, COD, TSS, nitrification, 
 phospohorus uptake, metals sequestering and coliform reduction data depict 
 a robust, self-organizing technology capable of handling the mixed waste 
stream of a New England industrial city.

This paper discussion is arranged by the Inst of Advanced Studies of the 
United Nations University (Tokyo) and UNESCO Microbial Resources Center 
(Stockhokm) for the  Internet Conference on Integrated Biosystems (ICIBS) 
(http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-25860/icibs/prog-reg.htmex.htmlh.cfmenbul-e.HTM).

To register for this paper discussion, e-mail
listserv@segate.sunet.se and write :
SUB ET-TOR yourfirstname yourlastname, organization
e.g. sub et-tor John Todd, Ocean Arks Intl.

or participate via the web at:
http://segate.sunet.se/archives/et-tor.html-reg.htmex.htmlh.cfmenbul-e.HTM
For personal assistance, pls contact ICIBS Secretariat: foo@swipnet.se
http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-25860/icibs.html-reg.htmex.htmlh.cfmenbul-e.HTM

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