Bits And Pieces
(Page 2 of 3)
January/February 1977
By the Mother Earth News editors
THE OFFICE OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY, Roam 800, 2151 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94704, is conducting a sixmonth study of "alternative rural sanitation systems". If you have any experience with dry toilets, graywater recycling, or other such systems, the folks at OAT would like to hear from you.
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