For more than 30 years, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) has celebrated National Drinking Water Week, recognizing the crucial role that a safe, reliable water supply plays in our everyday lives. This year, National Drinking Water Week will be held May 2-8, and will provide an opportunity for both water professionals and community citizens to promote awareness. The … [Read more...] about Top Ten Ways to Celebrate National Drinking Water Week
Archives for April 2010
Prahlad Jani – the Human Filter
Prahlad Jani brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, “reduce, reuse, recycle.” This 83-year-old holy man’s body is his recycling bin, according to a recent news article. Claiming to have lived the past seven decades without food or water, Jani was taken in for observation by Indian doctors on April 22, and since then has had no food or water and has not passed urine or … [Read more...] about Prahlad Jani – the Human Filter
Will Raising the Cost of Water Reduce Wasteful Habits?
The Sydney Morning Herald online recently published an article discussing the push to substantially raise the price of water among major economies worldwide, as this natural resource becomes more and more scarce. Experts claim that in order to change the wasteful habits of most consumers, countries need to boost the price of water, thereby making it more valuable and raising … [Read more...] about Will Raising the Cost of Water Reduce Wasteful Habits?
Cleaning Water with a Cactus Water Filter
About a year ago, I wrote about the benefits of four natural water filters -- plants, sand, oysters and coconut. Well, it seems you can throw the prickly cactus in there as one of nature's water filters as well, according to Norma A. Alcantar, an assistant professor in the University of South Florida chemical and biomedical engineering program. Alcantar first learned about … [Read more...] about Cleaning Water with a Cactus Water Filter
Five Must-Watch Water Movies
Hollywood has long scared audiences with monstrous creatures just below the water's surface. Usually these beasts are sharks, squid or some other creature of fancy, but in recent years filmmakers have turned their attention to even scarier things in our water. Sometimes the scariest water issues these filmmakers examine, however, have nothing to do with what's actually in the … [Read more...] about Five Must-Watch Water Movies