Michaelangelica Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 LifeStraw : The Most Humanistic Gadget Ever The journalist surely could have coe up with abetter title than this for such amarvelous device; that has the potential to save so many lives. LifeStraw is an instrument which instantly purifies the water and makes it ready to drink with the chromatographic techniques and other well-known filter methods. A single personal LifeStraw gadget can process 700 liters of water in a year and usage life is 3 years. 2 liters a day is a great start to develop such products for future.http://hypography.com/forums/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=9628VF in the News LifeStraw® Personal has been referred to as 'One of the Ten Things that will Change the Way We Live´ by Forbes MagazineBullet LifeStraw® Family delivers water as per EPA guidelines for microbiological water purifiersBullet "LifeStraw® is a very simple and elegant solution to a problem that kills millions of people. Let's get it out there," commented musician and humanitarian Peter Gabriel.Bullet February 2008, LifeStraw® Personal receives the Saatchi & Saatchi Award for World Changing Ideas in New York.. Vestergaard Frandsen : LifeStraw®Vestergaard Frandsen : LifeStraw® Personal – SpecificationsI wonder if it can be used on salt water? If so every life-boat should have one. How much do they cost? Drinking Water CrisisArrow More than one billion people in the world do not have access to safe drinking water - i.e. around 1/6th of the world's population. (Source: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council) Arrow The average distance that women in Africa and Asia walk to collect water is 6 km. The average weight of water that women in Africa and Asia carry on their heads can be anything up to 20kg - the equivalent of your airport luggage allowance. (Source: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council) Diarrhoea kills over 1.8 million people per year and chronic diarrhoea is a leading killer of people with AIDS. (Source: World Health Organization) In Africa, diarrhoea is four times more common among children with HIV and seven times more common among adults with HIV than their HIV-negative household members. (Source: Mermin J, et al.) Arrow Diarrhoea affects up to 90% of HIV patients. (Source: Bartlett JG, et al.) Arrow Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected children.(Source: PEPFAR) Arrow "In a study among HIV-infected persons in Uganda, use of safe water decreased diarrhoeal illness by 36 percent". (The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)http://www.vestergaard-frandsen.com/lifestraw-water-facts.htm:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Confronting a World Freshwater Crisis As the global population grows--and freshwater supplies dwindle--ensuring that everyone has sufficient supplies of life-giving H2O has become an enormous challenge. Here's how to start.Confronting a World Freshwater Crisis: In-Depth Reports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Confronting a World Freshwater Crisis As the global population grows--and freshwater supplies dwindle--ensuring that everyone has sufficient supplies of life-giving H2O has become an enormous challenge. Here's how to start.Confronting a World Freshwater Crisis: In-Depth Reports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles brough Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Michaelangelica, you sure started off this thread with a bang with all those references! No one is arguing with you about the need to protect our fresh water rescourses---as well as the oceans too! Taking an over-all position that the problem is dismally real, it seems to me that the cause is that we think we can continue to expand in population on this Earth indefinitely. Perhaps, with good science and effective environmental laws and enforcement, we could go on for a few more decades without ending up beating ourselves up with atomic bombs, because of each side trying to get more of the water, oil, land etc. that is left. We are all of one race, the human race, but we are divided by old religions which make each side compete ever more forcefully for a bigger stake in those shrinking natural resources. As long as we are divided by those old religions, this can be expected to continue . . . DougF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted November 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 A little domestic air-water-harvester being marketed. The company, Element Four, has developed a WaterMill that uses electricity of about three light bulbs to condense moisture from the air and purify it into clean drinking water.Yellows and Blues | Share - Learn - GreenCompanies' website:-Home | Element FourThe WaterMill provides you with: * clean, fresh water for drinking and cooking * up to 12 liters (13 US quarts) of water per day"up to " It also will not work with humidity less than 30% Can anyone work out (or ring) and see how much it costs?It is 3 foot wide!So probably won't be cheap.still for areas like humid, dry Sydney it could be a godsend if it were cheap enough. (eventually)It's online shop is not up which is a bit suss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 The Water Wars have started! Pipeline essential for Melbourne: MP14/11/2008 3:26:00 PM. | Melbourne could run out of water in 2010 if the Senate blocks construction of a pipeline to carry water from the Murray-Darling Basin to the city, Victorian Water Minister Tim Holding says.Pipeline essential for Melbourne: MP > National > LIVENEWS.com.au The Victorian Labor Government is insistent on building a pipeline from the Goulburn River across the Great Dividing Range to Sugarloaf Reservoir. This pipe is known as the North South Pipeline (NS Pipeline). The 75 billion litres of water in the NS Pipeline will leave the Murray Darling Basin to support Melbourne’s consumption. In Northern Victoria, the removal of the water will have drastic and detrimental effects on the farming areas, the social fabric of the region, the environment. Essentially this pipeline will remove billions of litres of water from the Dry North affecting the Goulburn and Murray Rivers and many rural communities. This has been done without consultation and without mandate by an unelected Premier whose government's draconian style has alienated 100,000's of people in country Victoria at a time of extreme drought and suffering.Victorian Government draining the Murray-Darling Basin Coalition water spokesman Greg Hunt said on the eve of a meeting of Murray-Darling Basin ministers in Canberra today that he would pursue changes to the bill to stop construction of the controversial pipeline."This is a project in violation of the intent of the entire water plan," he said. "It'll take water away from stressed farmers and from stressed rivers." The 70km pipeline from the Murray-Darling Basin's Goulburn River to Melbourne was the scene of fresh confrontations yesterday. Liberal MP Fran Bailey, whose electorate of McEwen takes in the Goulburn Valley, said police yesterday arrested local property owners who refused access to land resumed for the project. The Brumby Government wants the pipeline built to secure Melbourne's water supplies, and argues that the water it takes from the Goulburn River will be more than offset by the savings made by upgrading infrastructure. Ms Bailey said the Murray-Darling system was already over-extracted. She said she would test federal Labor's commitment to protecting the basin by introducing a private member's bill to ban the pipeline. The real action, however, will be in the upper house, where the Coalition has the numbers to amend Government legislation if supported by just one of the seven crossbench senators. Labor, with only 32 of the 76 seats, requires the support of the five Greens senators, Family First's Steve Fielding and independent Nick Xenophon. The Government is amending the Water Act 2007 to legislate a pact on the basin's management that it signed with the Murray-Darling states in July. Greens senator Rachel Siewert said her party was already committed to amending the act to stop the Victorian pipeline, and would be approaching the Coalition and crossbench senators on how to achieve that end. "No further water should be allocated out of the basin," Senator Siewert said. Senate's bombshell plan to block Melbourne water pipeline | The Australian Perhaps the pipeline could/should be used to pump desalinated water FROM Melbourne back into the rivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted November 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Separating Out Urine Makes For Highly Efficient Waste Water Treatment ScienceDaily (Nov. 27, 2008) — The Novaquatis urine source separation project at Eawag has developed a highly efficient wastewater treatment plan.. . .While the Eawag researchers’ approach may sound straightforward, there is no guarantee that it can be implemented in practiceSeparating Out Urine Makes For Highly Efficient Waste Water Treatment Over 97 percent of the Earth's water -- seawater and brackish groundwater -- is too salty to use for drinking water or agriculture. Interest in desalination has grown in the U.S. as some regions face water shortages and contention over existing freshwater supplies. Though desalination still generates less than 0.4 percent of the water used in the U.S., the nation's capacity to desalinate water grew by around 40 percent between 2000 and 2005, and plants now exist in every state. Most use a method called reverse osmosis, which pushes water through a membrane to separate out most of the salts.Desalination Can Boost US Water Supplies, But Environmental Research Needed This sounds interesting.I am not sure I fully understand it though“Our plants work on the principle of membrane distillation,” explains Koschikowski. This can best be explained by the principle of a Gore-Tex jacket, in which the membrane prevents rainwater from penetrating through to the skin. At the same time, water vapor formed inside the jacket by perspiration is passed through to the outside. “In our plant, the salty water is heated up and guided along a micro-porous, water-repellent membrane. Cold drinking water flows along the other side of the membrane. The steam pressure gradient resulting from the temperature difference causes part of the salt water to evaporate and pass through the membrane. The salt is left behind, and the water vapor condenses as it cools on the other side. It leaves us with clean, germ-free water,” says Koschikowski.The researchers have so far built two different systems, both with their own energy supply. “Our compact system for about 120 liters of fresh water per day consists of six square meters of thermal solar collectors, a small photovoltaic module to power a pump, and the desalination module itself,” explains Koschikowski. In the dual-circuit system, on the other hand, several desalination modules are connected in parallel, enabling several cubic meters of water to be treated every day.Fresh Water For The World's PoorestThe source looses in translation too.Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Research News 1-2008-Topic 3What's this?Fraunhofer IST - Services Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Thre is apolitical osmosis(?) seeping into this questionlook atDying for A Drink - TIME The Politics of Water in Central Asia - Photo Essays - TIME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Thre is apolitical osmosis(?) seeping into this questionlook atDying for A Drink - TIME The Politics of Water in Central Asia - Photo Essays - TIME Even between States in the same country:-Permaculture discussion forum • View topic - How can the Murray Darling System be saved for ever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Silent Cartoon - Home Page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 A water warning Nov 19th 2008From The World in 2009 print editionPeter Brabeck-Letmathe, chairman of Nestlé, argues that water shortage is an even more urgent problem than climate change The rise in the price of basic food has had devastating effects on the most vulnerable—the poor who spend up to two-thirds of their income on food. Some of the measures taken in response, such as export restrictions, have been highly counter-productive. In 2009 the world needs to reflect on the underlying causes of the food crisis and start addressing structural factors, in particular the link to biofuels and water. Frank Rijsberman, from the Sri Lanka-based International Water Management Institute, gave warning in 2003 that if current trends continued, the livelihoods of one-third of the world’s population could be affected by water scarcity by 2025:A water warning | The Economist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racoon Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 On the Space Station they recycle piss. Space Station's Urine Recycling Unit Passes Test: Discovery News The urine processor makes up a section of the $154 million water recycling system that was delivered to the space station by Endeavour. The machine is crucial to providing drinking water for the space station's crew, which is supposed to double to six members next year. Samples of the processed urine, sweat and condensation will be tested on Earth before astronauts can start drinking the purified water next year. Michaelangelica 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 On the Space Station they recycle piss. Space Station's Urine Recycling Unit Passes Test: Discovery NewsBut they don't trust that Russian stuff?Samples of the processed urine, sweat and condensation will be tested on Earth before astronauts can start drinking the purified water next year.But are you taking the piss? :hyper:Correx Archives - Taking the Piss Water: forgotten in the food crisisFriday, 12 December 2008By Colin Chartres Australia is not the only country in the world whose economy and environment are threatened by water shortages, as currently experienced in the Murray–Darling Basin. It is very likely that current water shortages are the result of climate change and give us a window into the future, when water scarcity and resulting food insecurity will be the norm for many countries unless we act now to overcome them. http://www.sciencealert.com.au/opinions/20081212-18577-2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 3D map could save Australia's waterTuesday, 16 December 2008CSIRO CSIRO is building a three-dimensional computer model of Australia’s ground surface topography at scales never seen before. 3D map could save Australia's water (ScienceAlert) Climate change and water from the seaTuesday, 16 December 2008By Brian Sadler Forty years ago a change in atmospheric circulation occurred, un-noticed. Rain-bearing systems of the south-west of Western Australia moved pole-wards. This change would delay the start of winter rains, reduce the incidence of wet winters, increase the incidence of low-rainfall winters and reduce rainfall intensities. . ..However, the critical test for widespread use of seawater is whether or not it is truly carbon-neutral and supported by renewable energy development, Climate change and water from the sea (ScienceAlert)The State of Florida USA has over 130 de-sal plants including the biggest in the USA..Australia, the second driest Continent (After Antarctica) has about 2-3 de-sal plants- under construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted December 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 http://www.inkcinct.com.au/Web/CARTOONS/2008/2008-609--might-be-recycled-water.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelica Posted January 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Air Water Harvesting Machine Outdoored In Ghana France-based Air Water International Group, yesterday launched a machine that can extract humidity in the air and transform it into water for domestic and industrial consumption. The product, which is the first to be launched in Africa, can harvest more than 50 litres of drinking water for domestic use and 5,000 litres for farming and other commercial use. Mr William Ofori Boafo, Deputy Minister for Defence, who launched the product in Accra, said conventional solutions to procure additional fresh water dams and desalination plants should be complemented, to meet the ever-increasing demand for potable water. He said lack of fresh water is one of the most critical challenges facing mankind stressing; "Worldwide, more than 1.1. billion people lack access to safe drinking water." Mr Boafo said the UN has declared water as a global crisis since 55 nations are not likely to meet their water related Millennium Development Goal target. The UN estimates that within 20 years three billion people in 50 countries or 30 per cent of the world population will face severe water shortage. Air Water Harvesting Machine Outdoored In Ghana | Ghana Official Portal Air-Water Corporation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belovelife Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia now this would be a huge topicto use haarp to steer clouds to drought areasalthough it may be a good ideait is still like irona tool, or a weaponused as a tool we could stop desertification, increase the amount of snow in mountins that feed natural water sources, if its size is increased it could steer hurricanesmabe even steer the hurricanes to the center of the ocean pull clouds in a conveyor belt actionand provide water to needed countries i myself believe it would be a good investment for the sake of the planetall of its endangered life from the effects of humanity but controls would have to be put in place so that no one nation has controlif it gets to this level of capability edit:mabe a non montary based "credit" for resource dispurtion (water, clouds,etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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