Water management is the backbone of sustainability on campus

Definition of Environmental Sustainability:

The Brundtland Commissions defines sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Sustainable communities are not about “sustaining” the quality of our lives, they are about improving it. Environmental sustainability requires that human activities today do not deplete what can be termed natural capital (Roseland, 2005).

Why is Sustainability Important?

• Minimizes the consumption of essential natural capital: Living within ecological limits, conserving and enhancing natural resources, cleaner production and minimizing waste.
• Improving physical capital: focusing on community assets such as public facilities, i.e. water and sanitation.
• Strengthening economic capital: making more with less, maximizing the use of existing resources (using waste as a resource), making the money-go-round, circulating dollars within the community.
• Increasing human capital: requires a focus on health, education, family and community cohesion.
• Multiplying social capital: attention to effective and representative local governance, strong organizations, participatory planning, and access to information.

 

Strengthening these five forms is the foundation for a sustainable community. (Roseland, 2005)

Sustainability is important. Campus environmental sustainability starts with conserving and recycling water, which powers everything from energy to toilets. Organica can make your university sustainable with our innovative and fresh approach to recycling water. With our unique and packaged plants you minimize the consumption of natural resources and improve physical capital. Our product allows you to lower your wastewater cost which in turn strengthens your campuses economic capital. Finally, the plant offers the community an educational learning center.

Organica’s water recycling plants are compact, odorless and cost efficient. They fit in small places, near buildings and dorms that can reuse the cleaned water for flushing toilets, in cooling towers, and any other non-potable needs. The water treatment plant pays for itself in relatively short order, all while making your campus sustainable.

Create a learning laboratory on campus

Organica’s water recycling technology not only makes your university sustainable, it creates a hands on classroom for environmental science students, engineers, ecologists and many more. By harnessing the energy of a thriving ecosystem, Organica clearly illustrates how nature can be used to create sustainable solutions. The creativity, science and dedication to creating water solutions leads as an example to tackling future endeavors.

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