http://www.h2bidblog.com WORLD WATER BLOG Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:40:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One way that we can make our existing water supply work more effectively for our society is conservation. Through efficient use of fresh water supplies, it is possible to stretch our existing resources further and preserve them for the future. While there are many novel concepts and technologies ... http://www.h2bidblog.com/2008/11/06/alliance-for-water-efficiency/ When people talk about the major issues impeding progress in bringing clean water and sanitation to the developing world, themes like “limited resources,” “lack of infrastructure,” and “war” are common. All are certainly very real barriers, yet one issue that stands in the way of millions having access to water ... http://www.h2bidblog.com/2008/10/04/public-corruption-its-effects-on-the-water-industry/ Most people have heard of acid rain, widely discussed as a threat to forests downwind from coal-fired power plants. Acid rain is primarily caused by sulfur dioxide (SO2), a byproduct of burning coal, oil or gas that is tinged with sulfur. Because sulfur is a commonly occurring element, it is virtually impossible to find ... http://www.h2bidblog.com/2008/09/21/new-solutions-for-acid-rain/ A great deal of recent media attention has been paid to phosphorus as a pollutant; this article is intended as a primer on that topic. Specifically, this article will explore what phosphorus is, why it is used and how it enters the water system. Beyond that, the problems ... http://www.h2bidblog.com/2008/09/04/reducing-phosphorous-in-water-systems/ In the months and weeks leading up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, there was considerable concern about the pollution in and around the Olympic venues and its potential impact on the Games. Media coverage tended to focus on the worst case scenarios of ‘what might happen’ but little coverage was aimed ... http://www.h2bidblog.com/2008/08/30/how-china-created-clean-water-for-the-beijing-olympics/ In order to turn their design into reality, the lead students representing the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) open-source human powered water purifier design group met at Western Kentucky University over the weekend of May 16-18. The students came from as far away as Sweden and Venezuela but they ... http://www.h2bidblog.com/2008/06/21/human-powered-water-purifier%e2%80%93update/ Over 500,000 tonnes of faeces are openly defecated every day to the environment around the world. That's enough to fill the 30,000-seat Stade de Genève, where the Euro 2008 football tournament kicks off this weekend, three times over. But the global sanitation crisis is not a mere game: it pollutes ... http://www.h2bidblog.com/2008/06/07/environmental-protection-through-sanitation/ The problem of water-born disease in the developing world is a serious one; each day over 6,000 people – most of them children – die from these illnesses. In fact, the world’s number one killer is diarrheal disease brought on by such bacteria as cholera, E. coli, salmonella and typhoid. ... http://www.h2bidblog.com/2008/06/01/water-purification-through-a-straw/ New technologies are tackling old problems in sewer repair; composite materials are being used more often today to deal with sewer repair and rehabilitation in major cities. These new materials offer interesting advantages over more traditional poured concrete structures or lined structures. Additionally, composite structures hold the promise ... http://www.h2bidblog.com/2008/05/09/technology-in-sewer-repairs/ Do you have a great idea on how to deliver clean water to disaster victims? If so, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) needs your input. ASME recently put together an ‘open source’ community to design a human-powered water purification system. The goal of the project ... http://www.h2bidblog.com/2008/04/26/human-powered-water-purifier/