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● projectActive · local · 2013
Ecodorp Boekel - water self-sufficiency and nutrient recycling
Cooperative ecovillage in Boekel (North Brabant) of 36 circular social homes, inhabited by some 43 adults and 14 children, designed and built by the residents themselves.
illustrative atlas image · Sonny Sixteen / PexelsUVUniversiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)N(NIOO-KNAW (Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie)CECooperatie Ecodorp Boekel (Vereniging Ecodorp Boekel)BWBrabant Water (empresa de agua potable, socio experto)AVAd VlemsRIRebeca Ibanez MartinTFTania Fernandes
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01 The context
It collects and filters rainwater (tanks per circle of ~10 m3, ~400 m3 per year) to flush toilets and run washing machines, saving ~40% of drinking water; treats black and grey water with helophyte filters; and has piloted, with the UvA and NIOO-KNAW, a system to recover nutrients from toilet water using microalgae to produce fertilizer.
02 How it works
method · Self-construction and cooperative governance by residentsmethod · Nutrient recovery from wastewater for fertilizermethod · Natural greywater treatment with helophyte filtermethod · Rainwater harvesting and reuse at dwelling/circle scaletool · Helophyte filter (willow and yellow iris)tool · Rainwater storage tanks per circle (~10 m3, ~400 m3 per year)tool · Tubular microalgae system to extract nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
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The evidence 2 ›
ContextHoe UvA'ers een ecodorp in Boekel helpen bij het recyclen van ontlastingFolia (revista de la Universidad de Amsterdam) · 2018
EvidenceHergebruik regenwater centraal in ecodorp BoekelH2O Waternetwerk · 2020