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The Humanure Handbook

by Joseph Jenkins

A Guide to Composting Human Manure

Second Edition

Front Cover - Back Cover

Table Of Contents:

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0 - The Beginning

1 - Crap Happens

2 - Waste Not Want Not

• Human Nutrient Cycle
• Soiled Water
• Waste Vs. Manure
• Recycling Humanure

3 - Microhusbandry

• Vintage Compost
• Compost Defined
• Naturalchemy
• Solar Power in a Bananna Peel
• Gomer The Pile
• Four Necessities for Good Compost
• The Carbon / Nitrogen Ratio
• Thermophilic Microorganisms
• Four Stages of Compost
• Compost Biodiversity
• Compost Myths
• Compost Miracles
• Vermicomposting
• Practice Makes Compost

4 - Deep Sh*t

• The Ego Vs. The Eco
• Asian Recycling
• The Advances of Science
• When the Crap Hit the Fan
• Asian Update

5 - A Day In The Life Of A Turd

• Mexican Biological Digester
• The Old-Fashioned Outhouse
• Septic Systems
• Sand Mounds
• Ground Water Pollution From Septic Systems
• Wastewater Treatment Plants
• Waste Stabilization Ponds
• Chlorine
• Alternative Wastewater Treatment Systems
• Agricultural Use Of Sewage Sludge
• Global Sewers And Pet Turds
• Do we ever think about it?

6 - Composting Toilets And Systems

• Composting Toilets Must Be Managed
• Fecophobia and the Pathogen Issue
• Owner Built Composting Toilets
• Asian Composting
• Commercial Composting Toilets
• Worldwide Sources of Composting Toilets

7 - Worms And Disease

• The Hunzas
• Pathogens
• Viruses
• Bacteria
• Protozoa
• Parasitic Worms
• Indicator Pathogens
• Persistence of Pathogens in Soil, Crops, Manure, and Sludge
• Pathogen Transmission Through Various Toilet Systems
• Outhouses and Pit Latrines
• Septic Tanks
• Conventional Sewage Treatment Plants
• Waste Stabilization Ponds
• Well-Managed Thermophilic Composting System
• Pinworms
• Hookworms
• Whipworm
• Roundworms
• Temperature and Time
• Conclusions

8 - The Tao Of Compost (*how to do it!)

• Primal Compost
• The Sawdust Toilet
• The Compost Bins
• Normal Composting Bin Sequence
• Normal Composting Bin Sequence (Continued)
• Pathogenic Populations and a Two Year Retention Time
• Analyses
• Monitoring Compost Temperature
• Fecofrigginfobia
• Legalities
• Environmental Potty Training 101

9 - Alternative Grey Water Systems

10 - The End Is Near

References

APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Temperature Conversions
Appendix 2: Sources of Wetland Plants
Appendix 3: US State Regulations

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Copyright 1999, Joseph C. Jenkins

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