Interesting Finds #7

All water from the household, including toilet water, is collected into a pump house where it is filtered through three large bins.  Inside the bins are mesh bags hanging into the dirty water.  There are three bags for each tub filled with charcoal, small field stones, and leaves from the forest floor.   These materials absorb the bacteria in the water.  There are three tubs and water flows from number one to number three and when the last one is full, it flows into a small, person made pond behind the pump house.  They use little soaps around the home and toilet paper goes in a bin next to the toilet in order to keep the water free of unnatural products.  Toilet rooms do not smell at all and water flow is controlled to keep at a minimum.  The Abe family has put fish into the pond and they survived! Then they knew the pond was healthy enough to support wildlife. The pond is covered with duck weed and full of small frogs that I think are peepers like we have in Bryn Mawr. The frogs are wonderful for the vegetables here as they eat many insects.  We have seen a few hopping in the crops.  We fall asleep each night with the sounds of hundreds of peepers talking to each other.