A sustainable, energy-producing toilet for developing countries has meant a flood of phone calls–and an investment from Bill Gates Continue reading
Tag Archives: potable water
Build a Better Toilet to Get Rich and Popular
Posted in Development, Public health miscellany, Water pollutiuon
Tagged potable water, sanitation
Turning Saltwater From Earth and Sea Into Water Fit to Drink
Drilling rigs in the midst of cow pastures are hardly a novelty for Texans. But on a warm May day at a site about 30 miles south of San Antonio, a rig was not trying to reach oil or fresh water, but rather something unconventional: a salty aquifer. After a plant is built and begins operating in 2016, the site will become one of the state’s largest water desalination facilities. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Drinking water, Water scarcity
Tagged dams, desalination, potable water
Fred Pearce: On Safe Drinking Water, Skepticism Over UN Claims
“With great fanfare, the United Nations announced in March that the world had reduced by half the proportion of people drinking unsafe water, meeting a critical development goal five years ahead of schedule. But a closer look reveals that the facts simply do not support this claim.“
Seriously Fred, when have the facts ever supported a UN claim? Continue reading
A Wind Turbine Turns Dry Desert Air Into Precious Drinkable Water
There’s water everywhere on earth, but most is undrinkable or inaccessible. A new kind of wind turbine takes the water in the air and puts it into a form we can imbibe. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Water rights, Water scarcity
Tagged drought, irrigation, potable water
