Currently, the school's Living Machine services the needs of about 300 students a day with a capacity to service 500 more. Individual homes may soon reap the benefits of OAI's technology. John is working on a design for a household waste treatment system that recycles the water under a contract with the Canadian Housing and Mortgage Authority. The system will use all of the water internally for the gardens and toilets and showers, but there will be a separate line for the water that's used for cooking and drinking. He is cautious about the general acceptance of this new technology.
Nature is invisible to many people in our culture.
It is my hope that the aesthetic and emotional feeling that Living Machines can generate in us will yet carry the day.