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Date: February 11th, 2009
- Environmental, political and health issues related to water sources.
- Toxins present in water- farm run off, hormones, chlorine etc. How to filter as much as possible out.
- Humanure: why composting toilets?
- Rainwater collection: for drinking purposes. Collect in food grade plastic containers, wood or cement cisterns. Filter with ceramic (to get rid of the Giardia, E. coli and larger organisms) and activated carbon filters (for the chlorine and smaller organisms)- buy one to show from Dalton. Passive solar water purification methods to use in emergency situations and third world countries where other options are not available: putting glass containers on sheet metal for between 6 hours on sunny days and 48 hours on cloudy days, uses solar UV-A radiation and temperature to inactivate pathogens that cause diarrhea. Jan-April so we could implement a rainwater collection and/or filtration system at MUCS
- Dams and their impact.
- www.allianceromaine.org
- www.wildwaterpower.com
- Swales and A frames, springs, aquifers, water diversion techniques and the placing of trees to reduce soil erosion, watersheds
