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How Do I Choose An Appropriate Onsite Wastewater System: A Look At The Wastewater System

April 9th, 2010

Wastewater is a reusable resource. It can be treated and recycled back into groundwater. This article takes a look at the wastewater system and answers the question, How do I choose an appropriate onsite wastewater system?

Cities and towns use a central wastewater system. On the other hand, in smaller communities or homes separated away from the city, the onsite wastewater system must be used. First, take a look at your land. Is your land hilly or flat as in the plains? Second, is your property located near rivers or lakes? Third, what kind of soil is your property on?

Onsite wastewater systems are made up of a septic tank, a treatment unit, a filter, and a dispersal unit. Some systems may combine the treatment unit with the filter unit. Picture a pit latrine or outhouse. The hole in the pit is a septic tank. If there is a ventilation pipe that is put into the pit, it allows for air to flow out of the pit. The bad odor is transported out of the pit through heat convection during summer.

In winter, the excreta get frozen. In this case, inside the pit, the wastewater treatment filters through the sand into the surrounding soil. The sand acts as a filter and a natural dispersal unit. The treatment takes place naturally in the pit with bacteria but it is not efficient. This system can still be used until the pit is full. The pit is covered up and a new one dug and the cycle repeats.

The only thing bad about this is if there is a river or lake nearby, the effluents from the pit latrine will contaminate the river or existing well water. These septic tank systems would probably be used in cabins or in a remote location.

The other more common type of onsite wastewater system is the one which uses the flush latrine located within the home. The wastewater flows into a septic tank, out into an aerobic treatment unit (ATU) and a gravity effluent distribution device. The septic tank is a watertight covered container. The sewage comes from the sewage pipe running from the flush latrine. The septic tank is normally placed underground.

As the wastewater goes into the tank, solids and liquids are separated through gravity. Solids sink and become sludge while fat and grease float. In between is a clearer layer of effluence which flows out of the septic tank into the ATU. In the ATU, air is mixed into the wastewater and aerobic bacteria break down and remove the solids. The wastewater flows into the effluent distribution device through gravity. Here, sand or peat can be used as filters. As the wastewater goes through the sand, particles are trapped and clearer water is obtained. The wastewater is then dispersed to the surrounding soil.

So, it really depends on your locality and what type of home you are staying in. The above should help answer the question nagging you, How do I choose an appropriate onsite wastewater system?

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Telepathic Humans – Just A Myth?

February 22nd, 2010
Example of a subject in a Ganzfeld experiment.
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When we say someone is \’telepathic\’ what do we really mean? Most people just dismiss the idea of telepathy as belonging to mysticism or science fiction. On the other hand, don\’t we live in a world where people fly on a regular basis? Where information floats invisibly through the air for use with laptops and cell phones? Where anyone can conjure a flame in their hand with the use of a $1 cigarette lighter?

Is has been said that a sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. The human race has used science and technology to learn things about the natural world we never knew. We\’ve done things that were considered impossible flights of fancy just a hundred years ago. We\’ve had men walk on the bottoms of the oceans and on the surface of the moon (and we did it with technology that, by today\’s standards, seems primitive). We can gather energy from the sun, the wind, and the water. And anyone can have a small device in their pocket that allows them to talk to anyone anywhere in the world. But this isn\’t magic, its science right?

Is it then really too much of a stretch to accept the possibility of telepathic people? An individual who developed these mental properties would just be misunderstood by most people.

Investigation, by scientists, of people who are telepathic, is called parapsychology or paraphysics. Even those who investigate this use scientific methods and experiments to get answers to questions on telepathy regardless of what the answer may be or whether its the answer they are looking for.

Some experiments on people with Telepathic powers have produced tantalizing results. In order to consider something scientifically provable, however, the test results must be measurable, consistent, and repeatable. This is where the scientific investigation of telepathy falls short. The test results are inconsistent and can\’t always be duplicated. Some say this proves people can\’t really be Telepathic. Others say this only proves that we don\’t understand how it works yet, and haven\’t developed the proper tests to measure it.

How is it possible there are individuals who are Telepathic? How do they communicate with only their minds without using all their other senses? Obviously it is by a means not understood completely. One that doesnt involve hearing, taste, smell or touch, but nevertheless exists. Think what can be done using our advanced communication technology. You can\’t see, feel, smell or touch radio waves, but we all know they exist.

Many scientists are now investigating the concept of \’thought waves\’? These are possibly electrical or magnetic fields generated by the brain and these have been scientifically proven to exist. Explaining this in terms for the average person might be a little difficult, but stay with us.

Scientifically, human thought is just a biochemical process of neurons being transferred between different synapses in the brain. However, this transfer of neurons creates an electrical current. Tiny, sure, but measurable. This electrical current also generates a tiny magnetic field. Keep in mind the brain has tens of thousands of synapses firing at any one time.

Is it possible for these bio-electric and bio-magnetic fields to be used by humans to communicate? Are these waves just meaningless static or do they have content equivalent of the brain? Can these brain waves be controlled by mental training? Can the techniques of meditation be used to shape brain waves into communications of significance?

With the magnetic or electrical fields there are problems and these fields can easily be drowned out by the technology of everyday items like televisions, microwaves, refrigerators, stereos produce much bigger electrical and magnetic fields.

There are, however, problems with the electrical and magnetic fields. Unfortunately these fields can be overpowered by everyday technology. For example the microwave, television, refrigerator. These everyday items produce much larger magnetic fields and electrical fields. Is it possible to reach the brains magnetic and electrical fields during an emotionally heightened state, fear, pain or shock? During these emotionally charged times, in the brain, a spiking of bio-magnetic and bio-electric activity is created by neuron synapses firing.

Researchers of parapsychology have documented brief Telepathic communications. One instance is a mothers knowing her child has been hurt, even though they are separated by many miles. This fear and anxiety the parent experiences creates the spiking of neurons and is this brain activity telepathically communicating? Does the relationship between two individuals contribute to telepathy? Or perhaps is this all just coincidence?

Too little scientific evidence exists to prove, without a doubt, telepathy is factual. However, this is gradually changing. More and more studies are being conducted and show humans are telepathic and with proper instruction and training can develop this ability.

The author Jason D Stevens writes for the http://www.telepathyrevealed.com website. You can find out how easy it is to learn telepathy for yourself and get a free CD package to help you become telepathic when you visit here.

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