Thursday, September 27, 2012

The CO2 Tipping Point Not Yet Reached- Oceans and Vegetation Absorb More Carbon

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http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/ The International Energy Agency, IEA, estimates that world CO2 emissions from fossil fuel co...
Monday, September 24, 2012

Using Up the Ogallala- The Groundwater Footprint of the U.S.

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The High Plains aquifer commonly known as the Ogallala aquifer (because the Ogallala formation makes up about three quarters of the aquife...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

The Costs and Savings from Energy Efficiency Projects for the Home

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Last Monday in the Wall Street Journal was an article “The Economics of Installing Solar Power.” They had a lovely chart with cost...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Recycled Water in Fairfax, Virginia

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All the water that ever was or will be on earth is here right now. More than 97% of the Earth’s water is within the in oceans. The remaini...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

The Doctor and His Septic System

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I was waiting in a doctor’s exam room when he arrived with friendly banter about a sport I had no knowledge of due to lack of interest. I ...
Monday, September 10, 2012

The Water Footprint of Humanity

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I have seen the statement that 90% of water used globally is used for agriculture, more and more frequently. This “new” statistic has repl...
Thursday, September 6, 2012

Maintaining 24/7 Water in America

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From the American Water Works Association 2011 In most of our communities and cities we inherited the water infrastructure which w...