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WRWA: Protecting the Westport Watershed

Since 1976 Westport River Watershed Alliance (WRWA) has been committed to the preservation and protection of the Westport Watershed and the coastal environment shared by its surrounding communities in MA and RI. Upon acquiring the historic Head Garage as its intended headquarters and education center, WRWA knew that necessary renovations must include sustainable technologies, especially for waste treatment. The installed Clivus composting system greatly reduces water usage and wastewater production, retains all solid pollutants that

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Squam Lakes Natural Science Center

The Squam Lakes Natural Science Center (SLNSC) in Holderness, NH, was founded in 1966, and since then visitation has grown to 61,000 annually.  With hiking trails, gardens, playground, animal preserve and zoo, interactive exhibits, environmental education, and lake cruises it is easy to find something to interest everyone.  With the growth of the center the need for more restrooms emerged, but the directors wanted to maintain their message of conservation and preservation.  By installing a Clivus waste

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Ninigret Park 2016 playground upgrades

Over the past few years the town of Charlestown, RI, has been making capital improvements to Ninigret Park to promote the importance of outdoor activity.  The 227-acre facility is home to several soccer and athletic fields, tennis courts, a nature center, a bike path and racing circuit, playgrounds, a sky observatory, a large dog park, and a disc golf course.   In 2015 the town added a picnic pavilion and 4 Clivus composting restroom units.  As

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Clivus answers the Living Building Challenge

The “Living Building Challenge” is probably the most rigorous of the sustainable building protocols, and Clivus New England has what it takes to answer the water conservation challenge.  You can find Clivus waste treatment systems at three of Massachusetts’ newest LBC projects: Kellogg House at Williams College, Williamstown, MA; The Kern Center at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA; and The Hitchcock Center for the Environment, Amherst, MA.   Through a combination of composters with waterless or 3-ounce foam-flush toilets, and

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Farmington Canal Heritage Rail Trail – Run, Ride, Relieve

Visitors to the recently upgraded rail trail parking area in Cheshire, CT are pleased to find newly installed Clivus restrooms that are clean, accessible, odor free, and convenient!   Guests can bike longer, walk farther, and run greater distances knowing there will be sanitary public facilities waiting for them!   Click for printable case study  

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