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and piping systems would be required. There are also difficulties with thehandling of gray water (used water from sinks, showers and baths), which wouldnecessitate a septic system. We were well aware that this type of system had leadto the incident in the nearby town of Walkerton, which suffered through a terribletainted water situation in 2001. Water contaminated by sewage lead to a seriousoutbreak of e-coli. These building code restrictions create barriers that preventcreative workable solutions that would eliminate the contamination problems.The solution is to handle different types of water and sewage optimally. Thenthere is no need to drain the ancient, non-renewable ground water sources orpollute these with archaic septic sewage treatment systems. Unfortunately, thecurrent building codes work against nature and our health in some ways. We triedto convince the building inspector to allow us to use a composting toilet ratherthan a septic field system. We were not permitted to do this. This failure of thebuilding code system cost us more than $13,000 for the septic system. This costthat we had hoped to avoid m ade the additional $10,000 for the composting toiletsystem too much for our budget. We did get permission to operate a compostingtoilet, but the code required at least one conventional toilet to feed the septicsystem. We have a long term plan to make an application to convert to acomposting toilet system by requesting an exemption from the code.R Green Roof The idea of creating a natural green roof came from Martin. Thegreen roof would keep the home cool in the summer. Rainwater collected fromthe roof would be stored in a large cistern. Our plan was to either use rainwaterdirectly or purify it for all of our water needs. The used water could then beprocessed optimally by type as well. Grey water can be used to clean clothes,wate r the garden plants, and flush water toilets until we get a composting toiletsystem. Sewage can be separated into urine and feces or combined and processedusing composting techniques. The compost can then be used in the garden as asoil fe rtilizer. The result is that valuable gray water is re-used and sewage is turnedinto a valuable soil amendment, all of which eliminates the potentialcontamination problems of ground water and septic systems.215