Alaska Water + Sewer Challenge
Summit Consulting Services was one of three teams that designed and tested an in-home water and sanitation system that recycles water for use in the home. The State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation initiated the project to spur the development of innovative and cost effective water and sanitation systems for homes in remote Alaska villages. The Challenge focuses on decentralized water and waste water treatment, recycling and water minimization. The system was built and tested in Tok, Alaska in 2016 and 2017.
The State of Alaska is reviewing the final designs and testing results of the prototypes developed by the three teams. As of December 2018, the State of Alaska was still determining what the next steps will be, potentially including further testing in a lab or village setting.
Summit's proposed system fits within the existing house footprint and uses parts that can be configured to fit within a variety of housing types. The system is running water and sanitation system inside the home with easy hook-ups to fill water and haul waste water. The system contains a purifier to provide clean drinking water. The system reduces the amount of water hauled by cleaning and recycling water for uses such as laundry, hand washing, and showering. The system is being tested with two toilet configurations - a low flush toilet and a urine-diverting toilet.
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Summit Consulting Services, Inc. opened its doors at the original office location near Tok, Alaska in 1995, specializing in construction management services on force account rural Alaska public construction projects, primarily for the State of Alaska Village Safe Water (VSW) Program. Since then, Summit has expanded to offer a full range of planning, design, and construction management services, opening our Fairbanks office in 1997 and the Anchorage office in 1998.
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