Comments on: Plastic Bottles, Compost Toilets and Rainwater Catchment: Simple Solutions for Haiti’s Clean Water Crisis http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/01/finally-a-good-use-for-plastic-bottles/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Mon, 20 May 2013 11:16:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Sewage Treatment Plant Systems http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/01/finally-a-good-use-for-plastic-bottles/comment-page-1/#comment-5085 Sewage Treatment Plant Systems Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:00:23 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=9109#comment-5085 It is very important that the rainwater is filtered before in goes into the bottles. UV light sterilisation only works if the water is free from small particles which the bacteria can ‘hide’ behind away from the UV light.

]]> By: Rainwater Harvesting http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/01/finally-a-good-use-for-plastic-bottles/comment-page-1/#comment-3918 Rainwater Harvesting Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:30:28 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=9109#comment-3918 As UV light is used commercially for water sterilisation, there is no reason why the plastic bottle idea won’t work equally as well.

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