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New book!
Reusing the Resource describes the form and function of a wide range of ecological wastewater systems that emphasize recycling, utilization, and rootzone-based treatment. More than 50 profiles of systems in place show the viability and favorable economics of these systems. Order here.

Tours and Course
Tours of ecological wastewater systems in eastern Massachusetts by the nonprofit project Ecowaters, to which EEG provides technical advice and office space, are on hold this summer as Ecowaters conducts workshops on the west coast this year. Tours of the Solar Aquatics system in Weston, Mass. are conducted regularly for a small honorarium. Contact EEG.

EEG's Ecological Wastewater Systems design and construction course is tentatively scheduled for March (Part I) and October (Part II) (GreenBuild) 2008.

Canadian Wastewater Gardens

EEG's Canadian licensee of its Washwater Gardenª system recently unveiled its first Washwater Garden. The Big Rideau Lake Association is promoting these systems, developed by EEG's subsidiary, Sustainable Strategies, to prevent pollution of the lakeshore by septic systems and reduce fertilizer use by providing an alternative way of growing landscapes--with wastewater. EEG provides engineering of the system. The system debuted at a celebration attended by residents of the lake's surrounding communities.
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Urban & Industrial Watersheds

There is no impending water supply crisis if water is used wisely. EEG's David Del Porto suggests new ways to view water planning. Presented at the "Water Crisis: Myth or Reality?" meeting in Barcelona, Spain in 2004

 

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In the Media
"Growing Away Wastewater," an article by Carol Steinfeld and Ecological Engineering Group's David Del Porto, appeared in the January 2004 edition of Landscape Architecture magazine.

An updated version appeared in a recent issue of Onsite Water Treatment magazine:
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