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Old January 25th 19, 05:31 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
Arthur Figgis Arthur Figgis is offline
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Default When the software meets the hardware

On 24/01/2019 18:13, Chris J Dixon wrote:

I was involved in planning work on a trial system to be fitted in
place of an inboard retention tank (which was abandoned once the
real cost/benefit figures began to emerge). This was very similar
to the kit used on submarines, and was essentially a
bio-digester, which produced clean water of a quality suitable
for flushing, thereby much extending the service intervals.


I think India and Russia use something like that on some /very/ long
distance trains.


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