Leave lower branches on trees/shrubs & allow leaf litter to accumulate on soil (keeps it cooler & reduces evaporation) http://ow.ly/3PXCc Did not kn

nytimes: On the Hudson, With the Water-Quality Mavens http://nyti.ms/p07Lmm

Its going to be very hot this week....drink your water!

Its going to be very hot this week....drink your water!

How water works

U.S. House Passes Bill to Curb EPA Authority

U.S. House Passes Bill to Curb EPA Authority

Explorers find 2 shipwrecks in northern Lake Huron

Explorers find 2 shipwrecks in northern Lake Huron

  M.F. MERRICK

Other names   :  none

Official no.     :  16342

Type at loss    :  schooner, wood

Build info       :  1863, J. Oades, Clayton, NY

Specs              :  137x25x11, 295g  280n

Date of loss    :  1889, May 17

Place of loss   :  off Presque Isle, MI

Lake                : Huron

Type of loss    :  collision

Loss of life      :  5 of 7

Carrying         :  furnace sand

Detail              : She was run down in a heavy fog by the steamer R.P. RANNEY and dove under bow first in less than a minute. She was well offshore at the  time. Bound Port Austin for Portage, MI. Owned at this time by Taylor & Maitland of Detroit. Master: Capt. Alexander Rusho.

Built for E.G. Merrick's "Reindeer Line" out of Detroit

Rebuilt, 1877. Also probably ashore in Georgian Bay, 1865.

Sources            :   mv,nsp,slh,h,lhdc,wb,hgl,rsl,eas,es3-2,

info from: http://greatlakeshistory.homestead.com/files/m.htm

Motion maps track spread of Asian carp and invasive mussels : Wildlife Promise

Motion maps track spread of Asian carp and invasive mussels : Wildlife Promise

My answer to my home work question on reducing wastes

 

 

To reduce waste generated by industries & households I truly believe that it all comes down to the individual.  If that change can happen inside the household it will percolate into society and make a real difference.  Although this may be a little out of the box, I think a good place to start is DIY house work and in the garden.  If a family can truly understand the work and process of growing organic food not just buying organic food and how to make use of supplies to get a project done, a lot more thought goes into what you use and what you waste.  In the mantra of reduce, reuse and recycle, often the reuse is overlooked.  Change has happened in community and household recycling in the US and reducing energy waste has been building speed due to the economy, however little movement seems to have taken place on reusing what you have. A great example is water, strides have been made in reducing water flow to cut waste, but reusing still has not caught on. Washing your car entails first getting treated water to you, then send it back down the drain where a waste water plant has to treat it to put it into the lake. From there, at some point another plant has to treat it again to send it back to consumers.  If possible you can cut some of that by washing you car parked on the lawn and not use a harmful soap.  Lots of tips on how to start can be found at sites like lifehacker.com and instructables.com.

H2O Water Power Radio

http://shop.tangogroup.net/

Now this is cool little product.  It has been making the rounds on the tech blogs the last couple of days. This simple radio is powered by the running water from a shower. It is said to fit most shower sprayers. No replacing batteries no recharging. 

100 Ways To Conserve | Water – Use It Wisely

100 Ways To Conserve | Water – Use It Wisely

Some info that is really put together well

Lewis Black's rant on bottled water

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My tour photos at Gorman Rupp Pumps

Had a great tour of the Gorman Rupp facilities in Mansfield Ohio.  I learned a lot from the pump class.

www.gormanrupp.com

Facts about Bottled water

 

Check out this story I found on Digg. It has 2,755 Diggs so far!

 "The Facts About Bottled Water [Infographic]"
 Just because it's in a plastic bottle doesn't make it safer for you%2...

 See more: http://digg.com/news/story/The_Facts_About_Bottled_Water_Infographic

Water Treatment Photo Essay By Marc Steinmetz

An absolutely beautiful take on the inside world of water treatment.  Follow the link to see all the photos.

http://www.marcsteinmetz.com/pages/wasser/ewasser_minis.html

JetLev Promo

May 3rd to the 9th is Drinking Water Week. Woohoo yay tap water!

Someone has to treat water at 4am should be in bold print on the job description. I'm just saying, may be something to take note of in the future.

Happy Earth Day

Quiz Question

What does a zeta potentiometer measure?

 

A.      Chlorine demand

B.       Total hardness

C.      Colloidal particle ionic activity

D.      Fluoride ion concentration

Busted water balloon in slow motion

Fun with Slow-Mo

Quiz Question

Water is at its greatest density at what temperature?

 

A.     0° F or 32° C

 

B.     0° C or 32° F

 

C.     4° F or 39° C

 

D.     4° C or 39° F

 

Quiz Question

What water treatment process causes very small suspended particles to attract one another and form larger particles?  This is accomplished by the addition of a chemical that neutralizes the electrostatic charges on the particles that cause them to repel each other.

 

A.     rapid mix

B.     coagulation

C.     sedimentation

D.     dosage test

 

Quiz Question

From the current issue of Opflow

 

What term describes a measure of the capacity of water to neutralize strong acids?

 

            A: Acidity

 

            B: Alkalinity

 

            C: Hardness

 

            D: pH

 

 

 

 

 

$2B Stimulus for drinking water

            The AWWA Streamlines article posted this week begins by reminding us that the House passed an $819 billion stimulus.  In this package $6 billion was earmarked for wastewater infrastructure and $2 billon for potable water.  I don’t know how to feel about this.  $2 billion is a lot of money; I mean a whole lot of money.  Still, I can’t help but think, “Really, only $2 Billion?”  I don’t want to complain it is $2 BILLION however, I thought the plan for the economic turn around was to be a focus on infrastructure.  When I think infrastructure I think roads, power and water.  So in simple terms the math just don’t seem right to me.  $819 billion and only .002% of it set aside for water?  I’m not upset I have been really pleased with some of the other things I have read about in regards to future plans we have for this country.  One being (and I hope that we don’t screw it up) the upgrading of the digital infrastructure. Also, the attention on the medical information problem is promising. I still can’t get past feeling that we as a water industry were only an afterthought.

             The article is a good read if you want more information on the topic.  It goes on to state that AWWA is fighting to bump that number up to $10 billion.  I wish them luck.

 

Link http://www.awwa.org/publications/StreamlinesArticle.cfm?itemnumber=45491