The CEO of the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck New York, also manages the Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL), an educational facility where people can connect to their environment, and their wastewater. The heart of the OCSL is the Eco MachineTM a localized wastewater treatment plant that does not pollute waterways, is a net zero energy system, and reduces 95% of drug residues in the water. It does it thanks to a combination of constructed wetlands, aerated lagoons, organisms from all kingdoms of life, and the sun.

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