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Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by eru on Thursday April 27, 2017 @07:44AM (#14210738)
> But the main idea of a septic tank is to have the bacteria eat everything objectionable, [...]

Isn't that the main idea behind wastewater treatment everywhere anyway already? See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewage_treatment and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wastewater_treatment

Also compare Tree bogs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_bog) which is about not mixing water and human waste in the first place. Human waste can go directly on a compost heap, and the rest of the water is easier to treat.

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Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by graycat on Thursday April 27, 2017 @09:08PM (#14216176)
> Isn't that the main idea behind wastewater treatment everywhere anyway already?

Sure. And on this point I wrote:

> Even with the population density of NYC, in the end the crucial step is some bacteria eating the rest just as in my septic tank.

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