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The Evolution of Human Water Quality Management
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Quick Facts about Water Use in California — And Why You Should Conserve
Speaking of water use data in California, here’s a great video that lays out how much water we use in California and how. Once you know that information, the next step is to experiment with how you can make greater leaps and bounds into water conservation and reuse. Click on the title […]
Geek out on UC Davis Australia vs California Water Use Study
Benchmarking is a powerful tool for providing perspective on how you, your company, or in this case, your state, are doing in comparison to another similar entity. Ryan Cahill and Jay Lund of the University of California at Davis took that tact in producing the research, Residential Water Conservation in Australia and […]
Hot Poop! Sewage Heat to Warm Building
We’re starting to get the message. Water and energy DO mix, and what you do to manage one will impact the overall use of the other. As an example, according to the California Energy Commision’s 2005 Repoprt, California’s Water-Energy Relationship , water-related energy use consumes 19% of California’s electricity, 30% of natural […]
Graywater Constructed Wetlands Design Manual
One of the issues in larger building complexes, particularly those that may not have extended gardens to beneift from graywater nutrients, is what to do with all the collected graywater. As we know, graywater can not be stored for over 24 hours without it turning the corner into becoming blackwater. That means, […]
State of Washington Uses Clean Water Act to Take Developer to Task on Stormwater Pollution
There’s just no good reason for stormwater to be running over impervious surfaces, picking up contaminiants and dumping them in public waterways. If we developed stringent policies and local ordinances that directed us to manage our rainwater on site through capture with reuse and/or infiltration, then stormwater would be vastly reduced. This […]