Greetings from Alison Wiley here in Portland, Oregon. I'm a writer/doer/thinker who lives happily by putting people, nature and God ahead of accumulating more stuff. Read more →
Did you know that a seven dollar gadget can reduce both your home water use and your water heating bill by as much as 50%? How many of us know how to make every drop of water that we use count, the way that most people in human history knew how to do because [...]
Tags: aerators·desalination plants·drought·Energy Star·low-flow showerheads·water conservation·xeroscapes
This is Part 1 of a two-part story on desalination, the energy-intensive treatment of ocean water to render it drinkable. This post gives general information on desalination, and Part II will evaluate its merits, particularly in regard to quality of life and global warming. If you live in the U.S. and you have deliberately drunk [...]
Tags: desal plants·desalination·drought·environment·global warming·water·William Dalton
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