Editing Living Machine (section)

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[[File:Living Machine at Port of Portland-interior.jpg|right|thumb|alt=A view of the Port of Portland, Oregon, headquarters showing the Living Machine installation in the lobby|The Living Machine installation in the lobby of the [[Port of Portland (Oregon)|Port of Portland]] headquarters.]]

A '''Living Machine'''<ref>{{cite book |url= https://www3.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/living_machine.pdf |title= Wastewater Technology Fact Sheet &mdash; The Living Machine ® |publisher= United States Environmental Protection Agency |author= Municipal Technology Branch |date= October 2002 }}</ref> is a form of ecological [[sewage treatment]] based on fixed-film ecology.<ref>"Factsheet: Tidal Wetland Living Machine System -- Description and Scientific Basis."  {{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.livingmachines.com/images/uploads/resources/tidal_wetland_living_machine_technology_description.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929200006/http://www.livingmachines.com/images/uploads/resources/tidal_wetland_living_machine_technology_description.pdf |archivedate=2011-09-29 |accessdate=2011-08-18}}. Retrieved 2011-8-18.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/aquatic/importance.html |title=Importance of Wetlands &#124; Biological Indicators of Watershed Health &#124; US EPA |access-date=2011-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110155018/http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/aquatic/importance.html |archive-date=2011-11-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Water and Waste water Plant Directory. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060903062700/http://www.waterandwastewater.com/plant_directory/Detailed/109.html NEB Solar Aquatic System]</ref>

The Living Machine system was commercialized and is marketed by Living Machine Systems, [[Low-profit limited liability company|L3C]], a corporation based in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Olivia |date=2012-08-24 |title=A Look at Living Machine Systems |url=https://www.dwell.com/article/a-look-at-living-machine-systems-23d3714d |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Dwell}}</ref>