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- In the U.S. and other places, the waste water infrastructure is aging and not well suited for dealing with many of the challenges that lay ahead in the future. Chelsea Wald has spent over 8 years researching the toilet, and discovered it needs a BIG upgrade.
Correction: Image at 1:47 courtesy of EOOS
Chelsea is the author of the book PIPE DREAMS, more info here: chelseawald.com/
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In certain coastal cities, like Hong Kong, sea water is used for flushing toilet. Since it is already not drinkable, the treatment for the water intake takes less electricity and chemicals. It makes treating waste fresh water a lot cheaper too since all the toilet waste are treated separately. While setting up three separate water systems, fresh water, salt water, and storm drains, is expensive at first, it save money in the long run.
My college used reclaimed and cleaned graywater in the restroom sinks and toilets. While signs along the lines of "Don't drink the sink water" had to be posted, it otherwise worked out fine. I live in a desert and so we don't really have the option of seawater, but based on experience I do agree that non-potable flush water is a good idea.
Sea water is corrosive to alot of piping systems though
Sadly not everybody, like me live even close to the ocean.
@@celestinemorningstar4851
So you are washing your hands with dirty water… seems smart 🤦♂️
@@RealGalaxyGamers it wasn't dirty, it just wasn't drinkable. I think they sterilized it and such, I just don't think it was quite drinking quality. Like I think they were worried about not *quite* getting every chemical/cleaner residue out of it, and not so much about bacteria.
I grew up in the country.
We often utilized an amazing urine diversion technique, which could later be used for high nitrogen fertilizer.
It was called :
*"peeing on the compost pile"*
That's still better than dumping human waste into the next river, like they still do in slums around the world.
Just fyi.. im a grower on commercial scale. The common water mix is 10 gallons of water for 1 gallon of typical person yellow waste.
If you use only yellow, it is too acidic and strong. Plants like it when you mix 10 to 1 of water to your waste.
Methane is a major power source, and we produce it in our own waste.... this is a major topic, wired should do a video topic on capturing and using methane we produce already as a fuel! It is a major new source of power.
Yes, yes, me too.
you should only urinate on compost bins and NOT in a garden since pee is higher on the ph scale then water and is toxic to plants.
Toilets will be our doctors.
Toilet:”You’re close to dehydration. Add more water to your diet. And warn me about the asparagus next time!”
Lol at the asparagus warn
Or the beets!
What if we have diarrhoea, what would it’s response be?
Lol. 😁😁😂
@@justsomeguywithasmolmustac9476 just an awkward gargling sound 😂
Composting toilets are great for more rural homes. I'm a big fan of the methane capture toilet systems.
BRRRAAAAPPP
Compost toilet aply biochar with sawdust.
EcoSan Toilets
This is in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo. It's actually more about the safety of the room, rather than the toilet. People, women especially, can see in the restroom and know that there is nobody in there waiting to attack them before they go in. Then the glass becomes opaque when they're using it.
It’s sad that women have good reason to worry about that.
What technology is that?
@@akhilachu34 some type of LCD integrated into the glass I imagine. I've seen a supercar that has active dimming glass like this.
I came here thinking the toilet itself would be redesigned, and left thinking about the infrastructure behind it. Both are crucial things not many of us think about. Kudos to WIRED and the researcher for sharing this 👏
The seriousness in "pee and poo" tho
Yep, totally.. I will say this again.. Thank you for this report, please think of it would kind of be popular if you made the toilet innovation episode series at Wired.. hear me out.
Sounds a bit of a 'waste' to you, but i believe a lot of people, world wide, globally, would all go to the channel series to see future inventions on the topic. I see a lot of people doing tinyhomes for example whom are learning about alternative offgrid toilets.. this is a major topic, believe it or not on this video site.
To add... Methane is a major power source, and we produce it in our own waste.... this is a major topic, wired should do a video topic on capturing and using methane we produce already as a fuel! It is a major new source of power.
Not everybody always poops solid. Just sayin.
yeah some may flush shampoo in that too 😀
Sounds like a medical issue which those health scanner toilets would be great for
That's why you need one.
I see you being the owner of a company that provides some intra-pipe scanner that helps sort wastewater based on color. Brownish with poo, not so brown with pee
@@andimcdove, actually, no. Some food can make your waste liquid and that would be completely normal.
I really am glad to see someone talking about this because we need to DO our waste management sustainable and just plain better. We owe it to ourselves to think towards the future. Wired, do more of these stories.
The house we live in is only about 50 years old and we just had to shell out thousands to replace the ENTIRE septic system. The ENTIRE THING! It took months and thats just for our own house... a house thats only 50 years old. These things truly weren't made to last when initially built. Our new septic system is top of the line now and shouldn't need even maintenance for 100+ years but my god, its SO expensive.
how much we talking?
@@toofly65comealive SO expensive! 😉
Just shovel a hole and you get a free septic tank. Good for your plants too 👍
@@toofly65comealive 11k! For single house! Plus having 2 months of construction take place in our back yard was not fun for us or the neighbors. I'm just glad its over! If its that much for a single house, I don't want to know how much it would cost for an entire city! ( They kept running into problems adding to cost and time which I definitely understand. They worked their butts off making it happen.)
@@Jay-rg5mt true but the smell would scare the beautiful wildlife away! lol😂😂
Very interesting until you realize not everyone only flushes human waste down there.
True
That's the "other gray water" part.
Tax them
@@mokovec yeah but what about the ‘health toilet’? Imagine saying goodbye to your fish and it's starts rambling about how sick you are...
I flush down flushable cat litter
what do you do for living?
*i study toilets*
kinda cool
It's extremely important. One of the most important inventions of all time that has saved billions of lives.
Seeing the high tech toilets reminded me of an episode of 'The Simpsons' where they went to Japan. They encountered one that said "I am honored to receive your waste' when the lid was opened.
I was skeptical of this video at first, but what a fascinating challenge it is to improve on the already “good enough” system.
Watching a video about the toilet while on the toilet.
They knew
Reading this comment on a toilet
Eeeeeey, toilet-ception!
I never seen someone so passionate about toilets
Exactly what I am feeling about her
I am surprised you did not address the most counter intuitive problem of modern waste water systems: ecologically friendly, _water saving_ toilets under-utilize the sewer systems, which were conceived of a hundred years ago for much larger amounts of water going through them and _relying_ on this amount to keep them clean. A lot of blockages are caused by too _little_ water passing through the sewers these days. And then, there's _fat bergs,_ of course - which show the amount of damage that stupid or unwilling users can inflict on a perfectly well designed system.
Wow never thought someone would actually study toilets comprehensively for years like that
There are serious scientific researches conducted on many weird and sometimes even seemingly nuanced things.
@Vaiserint well maybe because I'm living in a developing country and not as lucky as you are where scientist and scholars are free enough to study weird things without having to worry about food scarcity and poverty
I'm sure she is fun at parties
@@ryuzakikun96 oh come on don't be like that 😂
@Vaiserint what's the matter? No more replies? You done? You realized what you're saying is insensitive and offensive?
The world is need of SO MANY upgrades starting with the foundation and the structures that were built upon the last one.
In Germany allot of wastewater is treated to be reused as fresh water. I'm kinda surprised that it isn't as common in the USA.
I think its a euro stuff
Was caught off guard when she said "and some cities are making their sewers smarter... like in South Bend Indiana..." Wait, what? That's us!... Cool." Thank you Pete Buttigieg for implementing many of these innovations when you were Mayor!
The good biden :)
N.W. In. Here, surprised me to hear our state be mentioned for something good. 😆
Anybody that dedicates over a year of their life to research something will have my full attention whenever they speak on that subject
My idea is to slap a garbage disposer to the bottom of it so when you flush the waste gets ground into a slurry.
Its super gross but then the toilet would never clog
Just get one of those blenders they use to mix drinks/shakes and you're on your way. 😉
@@jesseshort8 bruhhhh
There's a very promising innovator named George L Costanza working on improving toilets and toilet paper. Their collaboration can spark wonders.
We’re going to need these concepts for new cities and new space or other-planetary systems.
Laughing outloud
I want to go with you.....What planet are you moving to that includes environmental advances regarding aquaducts and commodes?!
😭😭😭
Methane Power baby! We already produce power and we dont even use it.. its in the major chicken, pig, cow and human excess waste dumps. If we put a bubble over it, it captures methane for engines to use. Literally..
This was my thought as well. Especially in space exploration water is going to be expensive to launch and in limited supply. The water will _have to_ be reused. And the other matter will be needed for growing plants to generate oxygen and to eat.
@@KimberlyGreen Already a thing, not a huge issue either considering the small amount of astronauts currently active in the ISS.
The only toilet upgrade everyone needs right now is a bidet. Period.
I agree
toilets & the typical school setting hasn't changed for over a hundred years....we do need to readjust our psyche about many things we've just become unconsciously stuck in
Thank you for this report, please it would kind of popular if you made the toilet innovation series.
Sounds a bit of a 'waste' to you, but i believe a lot of people globally would all go to the channel series to see future inventions on the topic.
I don't like not being able to see how many dislikes are on these videos now.
?
93 dislikes currently
151 currently
I see them. Is this a mobile thing?
@@eqqx1108 I guess it's that thing where youtube only updates to some people and it slowly let's other people use the features over time, except they're removing something instead of adding
Pretty sure Razor is going to come out with a GAMER RGB toilet
144 hz
Been using a Natures Head Composting toilet for a few months. Alternative toilets are awesome!! They'll be even more awesome when a plastic composting toilet doesn't cost 10x what a normal porcelain throne costs lol
We have an outhouse and composting toilets in the rural land I live on in Washington state, and the plants love that (literal) sh*t. (It's mixed with peat moss and has no smell). Tacoma, WA also makes compost soil out of its waste that it then sells. Hopefully more cities will invest in infrastructure that recycles waste in beneficial ways.
If your toilet is connected to a sewer system, theres a chance that when you use it, someone else might be on the potty as well somewhere in the sewer network. So in a way, your butts are connected by pipes :)
Very interesting video! I have heard of the compost toilets as well and I'm interested where humanity will end up with it's waste.
I would say my biggest fear isn’t human waste, but the cleaning chemicals going down our drains
Or meds!
Yeah I think I would be fine with the water recycling if it came out of the tap and seemed indifferent.
I'm excited about all the development discussed in this video. In the future we could save so much water and energy, not to mention reusing waste for fertilization!
3:10 you're referencing those smart gadgets that help reduce the flooding. How do they do that? You haven't explained what exactly they even do to reduce floodings.
Sounded to me like she did explain more in-depth and Wired edited it out for the final cut.
Methane is a major power source, and we produce it in our own waste.... this is a major topic, wired should do a video topic on capturing and using methane we produce already as a fuel! It is a major new source of power.
You missed the opportunity to say “we produce shitloads of it every day.”
Nerd
It's also a massive greenhouse gas.
Thank you...Great subject
Thank you for reminding me what a toilet is in the intro. I almost forgot what a toilet was.
I also have an idea for the toilet to help save water and to use the resources more efficiently. It's always in the back of my head. It's because I really want to change a bit in the world
Orange County resident here, and it amazes me every time a transplant looks at me in horror when they find out I only drink tap. Whatever, Alabama, wait until you find out that not only is it some of the best water but also reclaimed.
2:07 looks more like a disco party in there
I swear I was just thinking about why the toilet hasn’t been improved upon in the last 100 years 😂
In india we use septic tank where we use gravity to separate water at individual houses.
Watching this on the toilet
bidets should be built in
finally a toilet update we've been waiting for
I'm expecting that this toilet have an upgrade where it can do your taxes and homework or anything else that you wish for
I mean, imagine doing your taxes and stuff during your business. Would save so much time!
I spent a lot of time around the toilet today and the algorithm rewards me with a video about the toilet.
I just stopped up a toilet just now. What great timing.
The Netherlands toilette is like the airplane toilette or that pressured vacuum thing, i love that option
3:10 bro I live in this city
Ironically watching this on the toilet really gets you thinking deep... 🤔
Also - biodigesters! To create own gas for cooking etc
You had me at "8 years studying the toilet".
I wish bidets were more common in North America. I loved the bidet in Japan, even in public settings - and certain models had a sink designed over the toilet tank.
Dude, Dubai needs to see this asap
City of Milwaukee WI, has a deep tunnel storage, and has been producing a fertilizer called Milorganite.
2:08 imagine taking a dump and a disco party going on under u 😂
There are some buildings in Paris that have their own, internal building system.
She spend 8 years researching toilets and that it needs an upgrade… idk what to say lul. Both impressive and funny
Western toilets are very much behind Japanese ones, but those weren't really talked about here.
The waste management system they talked about isn't something I'd attribute to toilets per se, but it might sell better than "sewage system".
In indonesia almost house hold using septic tank for waste management 👍
It’s 3 am and I’m watching a video about toilets
When I lived in Rhode Island they dug two 2 mile long tunnels to capture overflow in the city of Providence.
Never thought of this, great idea
so disgusting and interesting at the same time
what did i just witness at 2:10
2:09 Imagine going to a friend's, going to the loo and the toilets tells you you've got cancer
Most probably every molecule of water we drink has been through some life form before.
Begin meme: 0:16
End meme: 0:21
Amazing.
But, in all seriousness, this tech is incredibly necessary, particularly in developing countries without wastewater treatment infrastructures nearly as effective as 'modern' cities. Good stuff all around.
Yeah but you can't really put those directly in the land because it's not just "pee and poo" it's also has detergent which I'm pretty sure "kills" any kind of soil.
I agree and appreciate everything you said.
You're correct, the challenge is, society has only ever used one type of toilet; to remove waste.
The idea of using that waste for anything other than waste seems, "icky".
How do you convince billions of people, their waste is valuable?
Really Smart and Lovely ! Great information, thank you👏🏻👍🏻👌🏻
2:07 Poo having a great time.
"What do you do?"
"I research toilets."
Simply Yes
This is doable but it'd now be a huge megaproject. We did do this in the past but there were far fewer people then, Leading a much less chaotic lifestyle leaving the time and space for this to happen.
Look's like a little kid installed the tile around the "squat pot"
wasnt the roman cloaca maxima the first big sewage system?
So that's what gives tap water that delicious taste we've grown to love as kids😋 especially that hose you hit while outside😭
This is very interesting
it's so annoying how these news channels cut up interviews to create the narrative. it sounds really unnatural.
2:02 she’s talking about SmartPipe
Looks a video about toilets whilst sitting on the toilet.
I would say that's a good indicator of the importance of it.
Indian railways started this biotoilet thing in trains which sucks up all the stuff using negative pressure and uses only 1.5litre of water
All that is managed by an electric button like on a flight so no water.is wasted
She did not mentioned the banana tree box water recycling process
I can agree. Hole too small not enough water flow. This is a real travesty
In Tokyo there's a toilet museum.
Most indian houses have the concept of Double Chamber Septic Tanks.
Its used as compost.
Wait until it become so advance that someone hacks your toilet and rickroll song starts playing when you flush your toilet
I live in a rural area with a sewage plant in the village nearby.
Hey just wanted to add the first modern swewage system was not in London , but in the Indus valley civilization 6000 -8000 years ago. You can see it in Mohenjodaro & Harappan city ruins. These cities 100s of them were built as per certain standards , and all of them had a sewage system in place including flush toilet. Thank you.
when you write a book about toilets, while sitting in a toilet.
It seems energy and resource intensive when compost toilets do the same thing with less energy, money, and resources
how about sinks?
at 3 am being informed that i'll be drinking toilet water soon, awesome
Very very interesting
The video was good but the poetic ending was the best 😂
Squatting is the correct posture for toilet.