Other-Water-Related Links

Water Conservation at Home

• The Ultimate Guide on Water Conservation: How to Save Every Drop (California Degrees)
• 101 Incredible Ways to Conserve Water at Home (Modern Paint)
• Where do Canadians get their water (Government of Canada)
• Where do Americans get their water (U.S. Centers for Disease Control)

Water for Canada's Indigenous People

• Internship training, water restoration projects, public education (Water First)

Asbestos Contamination of Water Sources

• Asbestos in the Water Supply (The The Mesothelioma Center)

Spring Capping

• Spring Development and Protection (Penn State University)
• Gravity Village Water Supply (Sierra Leone)
• Development and Protection of Remote Springs (Bhutan)
• Spring Protection (Uganda)

Collecting Fog

• Fog Harvesting (Organization of American States)
• Fog Quest - Sustainable Solutions (Canada)
• Chile: The 350 residents of the mountainous village of Chungungo used an old tanker truck to haul drinking water from a town 50 km away. A simple system of 75 fog-water collectors now supplies the village with 11,000 litres/day of clean drinking water:
  • Collecting fog on El Tofo (IDRC)
  • Water Innovations: Chile's Camanchaca (BBC News)

Collecting Rainwater

• Collecting & Using Rainwater at Home (CMHC)
• The Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting (Texas)
• Rainwater Harvesting (India)
• Rainwater Harvesting: Pros and Cons

Water Storage Tanks

• Reinforced Block Water Storage Tanks (Tanzania)
• "Out in the Cold" - Emergency Water Supply in Cold Regions (Mark Buttle & Michael Smith)

Digging Wells

• Hand Dug Wells - Resources (Rural Water Supply Network)
• Hand Dug Village Wells (Uganda)
• "Using the "Sludger Technique" (Nepal)

Water Quality Testing and Treatment

• Slow gravity sand filters (WHO)
• Activated Carbon from Moringa Husks and Pods
• Guidelines for iron removal from handpumps (Cranfield University)
• Iron Removal using Laterite
• Solar Disinfection with Pop Bottles (SANDEC - Switzerland)
• Defluoridation: Nalgonda Technique in Tanzania
• International Desalination Association (Bermuda)
• Berkey Filters (Pueblo, Colorado)

 Global Warming's Impact on Water Supplies in the Developing World

• Climate Change and the Developing World: A Disproportionate Impact (USGLC)
• The Health Effects of Global Warming: Developing Countries are the Most Vulnerable (U.N.)

 

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