blackwater, definition of

Wastewater generated by toilets.

• Salesforce Tower to include largest blackwater recycling system in a US commercial high-rise
  7.8 million gallons of drinking water will be saved every year with a blackwater recycling system at the new 1,070-foot tall Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. The skyscraper, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, will be equipped with the on-site...
• Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #281
  The Week That Was: 2017-08-19 (August 19, 2017) Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org) The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week. Physics has a history of synthesizing many phenomena into a few theories – Richard Feynman Number of...
• Sweden’s house-in-a-greenhouse grows food sustainably with recycled wastewater
  The Uppgrenna Nature House blends contemporary design with traditional Swedish architecture. The building’s gabled shape, simple doors, and earthy red-painted cladding on the structure’s lower half evoke Swedish barns and houses, while the insulating...
• Sewage Water: Silicon Valley’s Answer to California’s Deepening Drought
  In response to California's deepening drought, officials are turning to transforming sewage into potable water. The Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center, which opened this summer, may be the state's best ammunition against chronic water shortages.
• Self-Sufficient Eco House Reuses 95% of Existing Building Materials
  Let’s say that you found yourself in a possession of a lovely site with an old and dilapidated house. What is the green thing to do? Well, the Riddel Architecture team of David Gole and Emma Scragg decided to take the old house, dismantle it, and...
• Zero Energy Green Tomorrow House Achieves LEED Platinum
  Built in the Gyeonggi Province, the Green Tomorrow house is a stunning self-sufficient emission-free residence with a fossil fuel consumption of zero. Not content with just making an incredibly low greenhouse gas-emitting house, the team at Samoo Architects...
• Toyo Ito Breaks Ground on Taichung Metropolitan Opera
  Taichung, a city in central Taiwan, has broken ground on a new metropolitan opera house that it hopes will make the region known for its culture. Designed by Toyo Ito, the Taichung Metropolitan Opera began construction in December of 2009 and is expected...