The re.source Lab

Photo credit: Felipe Jacome

A research lab focused on extremely low-cost sanitation and water services

Sanitary Green Space (ongoing)

Greywater and green space

EPA P3 Design Award 2019

ASLA Excellence Award 2019

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Transitional Housing and Water Reuse

Greywater reuse (ongoing)

Sam Alig Master's Thesis - WASH and Transitional Housing

1st ed. DIY Greywater Reduction System Construction Manual

2013 CBS Toilet Design Experiment

2013 Pump Studios Design Deck

2015 CBS Cover Material Dispenser

EPA P3 Design Award 2015

2015-2016 Washing/Squatting CBS Design

Work in Bangladesh led by Dr. Kwong

EE46 Class design work 2015

ME116 Class design work 2016

2010-2013 Container-Based Sanitation Pilot

A collaborative sanitation design and research project with SOIL in Cap Haitien, Haiti and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Encyclopoodia

A compendium of toilet designs

Selected Student Thesis and Dissertations

Adjacent Work

These are organizations and projects that were/are associated with re.source researchers or students

Waterleaf

As students Adam DeHeer and Nick Sund worked with re.source. After graduating they went on to co-founded Waterleaf, a residential greywater treatment system.

COI Disclosure:

Kory Russel has a 1% ownership interest in Waterleaf (as of Summer 2023) and serves as a member on the advisory board

Container-Based Sanitation Alliance

re.source sanitation was a participant in many of the early discussions and meetings that led to the founding of the CBSA.

Landscape for Humanity

re.source is a part of the Landscape for Humanity Lab.