[Terrapreta] Pee AKA human urine

[Michael Bailes]

Well my convenietly situated pot of Black Bamboo was not appreciatative of
my largess.

So i have decided to be more inclusive in my sharing.

What are the penalties for flashing?:)

Adriana how do we get females to "re-cycle" - a guzunda?
MBA


On 17/10/2007, Adriana Downie <adriana at bestenergies.com.au> wrote:
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> http://www.cbc.ca/news/goinggreen/reusing-water.html
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> Except: In Sweden, a test market in the council of Tanum is recycling
> urine for use as fertilizer on farms. All new homes in the area are required
> by law to have special toilets that separate urine and pipe it into a
> holding tank that farmers access at regular intervals.
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> Experts say this is better for the environment because the special toilets
> use less water. And less energy is utilized at treatment facilities.
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> Most importantly, human urine has the most concentrated source of
> phosphorus, which is a vital ingredient in agricultural fertilizer. Tell
> that to the neighbour with the great lawn.
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> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Michael Bailes [mailto:michaelangelica at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 17 October 2007 4:50 PM
> *To:* Terrapreta
> *Subject:* [Terrapreta] Pee AKA human urine
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> *Received: *26 September 1994  *Accepted: *23 January 1995
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> Abstract  Stored human urine had pH values of 8.9 and was composed of
> eight main ionic species (> 0.1 meq L–1), the cations Na, K, NH 4, Ca and
> the anions, Cl, SO4, PO4 and HCO3. Nitrogen was mainly (> 90%) present as
> ammoniacal N, with ammonium bicarbonate being the dominant compound. Urea
> and urate decomposed during storage.
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>  Heavy metal concentrations in urine samples were low compared with other
> organic fertilizers, but copper, mercury, nickel and zinc were 10–500 times
> higher in urine than in precipitation and surface waters. In a pot
> experiment with 15N labelled human urine, higher gaseous losses and lower
> crop uptake (barley) of urine N than of labelled ammonium nitrate were
> found.
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>  Phosphorus present in urine was utilized at a higher rate than soluble
> phosphate, showing that urine P is at least as available to crops as soluble
> P fertilizers.
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> http://www.springerlink.com/content/km386u8967256354/and32P-tracer - plant
> nutrients - pot experiment
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> --
> Michael the Archangel
>
> "You can fix all the world's problems in a garden. . . .
> Most people don't know that"
> FROM
> http://www.blog.thesietch.org/wp-content/permaculture.swf
>



-- 
Michael the Archangel

"You can fix all the world's problems in a garden. . . .
Most people don't know that"
FROM
http://www.blog.thesietch.org/wp-content/permaculture.swf
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