Imagine a future in which gardens, greenhouses and groves of trees replace sewage outfall pipes and leachfields. Sewage will grow ecological tree plantations that provide fuel, fiber, construction materials, wildlife habitat and beautiful landscapes. A pig farmers wastewater will fertilize a tree farm instead of pollute a river. A house's wastewater will irrigate and fertilize its surrounding landscape. A planted roof will collect and filter rainwater for use in the house.
That future is here. Reusing the Resource profiles more than 30 successful ecological wastewater recycling systems that use plants to stabilize, clean, filter and use up wastewater or discharge it to be used again to flush toilets, nourish plants, etc.
Reusing the Resource 
Imagine a future in which gardens, greenhouses and groves of trees replace sewage outfall pipes and leachfields. Sewage will grow ecological tree plantations that provide fuel, fiber, construction materials, wildlife habitat and beautiful landscapes. A pig farmers wastewater will fertilize a tree farm instead of pollute a river. A house's wastewater will irrigate and fertilize its surrounding landscape. A planted roof will collect and filter rainwater for use in the house.