Joe Arnold - Solar Dehydrating Toilets on Longs Peak, Colorado

Rocky Mountain National Park

SOLAR DEHYDRATING TOILETS – LONGS PEAK

LONGS PEAK

GEM LAKE


Grand Lake

Estes Park



1970’s HELICOPTER FLY OUT OF “HONEY BUCKETS”



1983 FIRST GENERATION SOLAR TOILET AT CHASM JCT.



PHOTOVOLTAIC POWERED FAN

HOT AIR PANEL SOLIDS VAULT

& LIQUIDS TRAY

HOSE TO LIQUIDS EVAPORATOR



TRAY EVAPORATOR


PHOTOVOLTAIC POWERED FAN


REMOVAL OF SOLID WASTE FROM DEHYDRATOR BUCKET


REMOVAL OF SOLID WASTE WITH LLAMAS


1984 SECOND GENERATIONSOLAR TOILET AT BOULDERFIELD


LESSONS LEARNED/CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS:

1. EASE OF MAINTENANCE AT HIGH ELEVATION

2. MARMOT-PROOF

3. CORROSION RESISTANT

4. SURVIVE WINTER WINDS


MARMOT DAMAGE


CORROSION


WIND DAMAGE


MARMOT SOLUTIONS:

1. HARDWARE CLOTH OVER ALL SURFACES

2. FIBERGLASS COATING OVER HARDWARE CLOTH


CORROSION SOLUTIONS:

STAINLESS STEEL LIQUIDS BUCKET, SOLIDS BASKET, VAULT LINING. POLYETHYLENE RISER.


WIND DAMAGE SOLUTIONS:

¼” GUY CABLES

STEEL ANGLE BRACING, ETC.


1990’s TO PRESENT:3rd GENERATION




TO BE SUCCESSFUL:

► COMMITMENT TO MAINTENANCE!


TO BE SUCCESSFUL:


► PLACE TO DISPOSE OF DRIED WASTE


TO BE SUCCESSFUL:



► AVAILABILITY OF REPLACEMENT PARTS


TO BE SUCCESSFUL:




► SKILLS TO BUILD SPECIALIZED COMPONENTS


TO BE SUCCESSFUL:




► SKILLS TO BUILD SPECIALIZED COMPONENTS

► LOCAL CUSTOMS CONDUCIVE TO DEALING WITH THE WASTE


THERE ARE NO PANACEAS!

The waste has to go somewhere…

All systems need maintenance…

WHERE DOES IT GO….??


Joe ArnoldPark Engineer

Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park1000 Moraine Ave.Estes Park, CO 80517

970-586-1234

[email protected]

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Joe Arnold - Solar Dehydrating Toilets on Longs Peak, Colorado

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