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- Drowning in Sewage and Dumping Money into a Climate Rathole Wed, 22 May 24, 3:00pmWe need to move beyond attention-grabbing headlines about distant imaginary threats and focus on actual ones.
- Modern gabled guesthouse embraces passive solar in Australia Fri, 4 May 18, 10:30pmA sleek and modern take on the Australian farm building has popped up in the coastal town of Gerringong. Atelier Andy Carson designed Escarpment House as a two-bed guesthouse on an east-west axis to make the most of ocean...
- Dangerous super bacteria found in Rio waters before Summer Olympics Sun, 3 Jul 16, 12:41amTwo new academic studies shared with Reuters news show that scientists have found drug-resistant "super bacteria" off Rio de Janeiro beaches - some of which will be hosting Olympic events in August...
- Canadian funeral home dissolves the dead and pours them down the drain Mon, 27 Jun 16, 12:30amA Canadian funeral home called Hilton's AquaGreen Dispositions is the first in Ontario to use a pioneering "flameless" cremation method to dispose of dead bodies...
- Thames Water to Transform London’s Sewage Into Drinking Water for Entire Population Sat, 11 May 13, 3:03amLondon photo from Shutterstock Thames Water, the company that provides drinking water for the city of London, has unveiled a new long-term strategy that will recycle sewage to provide drinking water for the entire population...
- Mithun’s LEED Platinum Brightwater Center Educates Washington’s King County on Wastewater Treatment Wed, 20 Mar 13, 7:00amRead the rest of Mithun’s LEED Platinum Brightwater Center Educates Washington’s King County on Wastewater Treatment Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "leed", Brightwater Center, community,...
- Urban Algae Farms Could Heat Buildings While Treating Wastewater Thu, 22 Mar 12, 5:39amMacro of Ulva Algae photo from Shutterstock Pardon the potty talk, but wouldn’t it be great if every time you flushed the toilet you were actually generating heat for your home? That’s exactly what a Los Angeles-based...
- Poo Gloo Gaia Pans Mon, 10 Jan 11, 4:00amSorry for the title, I couldn’t resist. This article is calling to Mike Rowe, of “Dirty Jobs” fame, who makes “poo” his specialty. While this brown, er green, story isn’t our normal fare...
- Olympia’s New Water Education Center Aims for LEED Platinum Wed, 25 Aug 10, 7:35amRecently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calculated that the total energy spent nationwide to supply drinking water and process waste-water releases 116 billion pounds of carbon dioxide annually — approximately...
- Stanford Scientists Transform Raw Sewage Into Eco Rocket Fuel Wed, 28 Jul 10, 3:52amPhoto by Brian Cantwell Here’s a pretty elaborate way to process sewage waste: Stanford researchers propose using anaerobic bacteria to break it down, producing nitrous oxide or laughing gas...