Unicef’s Tap Project campaign celebrates the clean and accessible drinking water available as an every day privilege to millions, while helping UNICEF provide safe drinking water for children around the world.
The initiative began last year, with 300 eateries in NYC collecting over $100,000. This year, more than 2,000 restaurants nationwide have joined the effort.
Archive for March, 2008
Unicef’s Tap Project
Posted in tap water on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saving water while out of the shower
Posted in water conservation on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Roadrunner is a handy little combination of a low-flow showerhead (1.59 gallons per minute) and a “ladybug” — a temperatures sensitive valve that shuts off the water when it reaches 95° F. So turn the water on and go do your email. The ladybug valve will shut off the flow when the water gets [...]
Compelling renderings of water & atmosphere relative to the Earth’s surface
Posted in water facts on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Image rendering credit to: Adam Nieman and the Science Photo Library
Left: All the water in the world (1.4087 billion cubic kilometres of it) including sea water, ice, lakes, rivers, ground water, clouds, etc.
Right: All the air in the atmosphere (5140 trillion tonnes of it) gathered into a ball at sea-level density. Shown on the same [...]
Seed: Troubled Water
Posted in tap water on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I blogged about pharmaceutical drugs in our water yesterday. Turns out that Seed Magazine got the story as far back as April 6, 2007.
“Little is definitively known,” says the EPA, “regarding any real hazard posed by trace concentrations.”
That’s partially a function of testing equipment; it wasn’t until the late 1990s that technology became readily available [...]
Drug Traces Common in Tap Water – New York Times
Posted in tap water on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.
To be sure, the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measured in quantities of parts per billion or trillion, far below the [...]
Turn off the water when you brush your teeth
Posted in water facts on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Department of Energy – Water Heating Tips
Posted in water facts on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Water heating can account for 14%–25% of the energy consumed in your home. You can reduce your monthly water heating bills by selecting the appropriate water heater for your home or pool and by using some energy-efficient water heating strategies.
Here’s the top 10 tips from the DOE:
- Wash only full loads of dishes and clothes.
- [...]
Dow Chemical And International Aid Partner To Address Global Safe Water Crisis
Posted in water filtration on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Dow Chemical Company and humanitarian healthcare agency International Aid recently announced a partnership that will help provide safer and cleaner water around the world.
Dow will supply all of the plastic resin required to manufacture 300,000 HydrAid BioSand Water Filters, a lightweight water purification device currently being distributed by International Aid and its partners worldwide. [...]
Current – Groupe SEB aims for an instant hit with new Quick Cup
Posted in water heating on March 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Groupe SEB Australia has finally announced the launch of its new Tefal Quick Cup which provides an instant hit of hot water for a cup of tea or coffee as well as instant filtered water.
Tefal has utilised ‘Optiquick’, its unique patented heating system that heats water within three seconds.
Quick Cup also uses Tefal’s Claris Filtration [...]
The Future of Water: Social Technologies (a global research and consulting firm)
Posted in water facts on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The DC-based research and consulting firm Social Technologies recently released a brief on universal water, by futurist Peter von Stackelberg, (the eighth trend in a 12-part series).
“Water is becoming increasingly scarce,” says von Stackelberg, pointing to the fact that less than 2% of the planet’s ample water store is fresh, and much of that [...]
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