This building, which is being built near PSU, will have a sewage and water recycling system. I like the idea of going green but recycling sewage seems a bit too far and weird. It would seriously suck to be the guy who has to change that filter
In no way whatsoever is that "too far". It's the way of the future. As someone who lives in the driest state, in the driest inhabited continent in the world; I'd love it if all of our water was recycled. We are currently in drought (actually, we seem to be in drought more often than not these days), and will in big trouble if we don't lift our game in regards to fresh water conservation.
I doubt that gets built anytime soon, unless it's a public building. Then, there's plenty of money to be wasted.
there's a sewage recycling plant near the beach here in LA.....sometimes you can smell the chemicals they use to neutralize things with. It'll be just like when Henry Weinhardt's was brewed where the Pearl District is now! stank!
Do the math. $80MM for less than 250K sf? That's a minimum of $320 psf in shell costs. Add another $40 psf in buildout, and the costs go to $360 psf. Assume you require an 8% return. That requires $28.80 psf NNN. I don't know any building in PDX that gets those kinds of rates.
They recycle urine on the space shuttle. The fertilizer you put on your garden is recycled cow shit. Nature has been recycling long before the environmentalists thought of it.
Sewage treatment isn't a new thing it's been done virtually everywhere for years. How is this going too far?
For all those who feel a bit iffy about drinking recycled sewage water, where do you think your current drinking water comes from? You do know that it runs off of farms, and parks, and the like. Full of waste from farm animals, and wild animals. How is that any different from human waste?
