Keyword: water

Serious Microhydro
Water Power Solutions from the Experts
edited by Scott Davis

Waterpower is the largest source of renewable energy in the world today, and microhydro is a mature, proven technology that can provide clean, inexpensive, renewable energy with little or no impact on the environment.
Serious Microhydro brings you …
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Dry Run
Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis
by Jerry Yudelson

In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem. With water restrictions emerging in many developed countries and water diversions for industrial, urban and environmental reasons stirring up …
related subjects: Environment & Economy

Solar Water Heating - Revised and Expanded
A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems
by Bob Ramlow & Benjamin Nusz

Heating water with the sun is a practice almost as old as humankind itself. Solar Water Heating, now completely revised and expanded, is the definitive guide to this clean and cost-effective technology.
Beginning with a review of the history of solar …
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Boat Green
50 Steps Boaters Can Take to Save Our Waters
by Clyde W. Ford

Recreational boating is a pastime enjoyed by millions. Yet the waters and marine environment that boaters so love are in serious jeopardy from pollution, from resource mismanagement, and from misunderstanding. Boaters can help to change that. …
related subjects: Environment & Economy

Design for Water
Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment and Alternate Water Reuse
by Heather Kinkade-Levario

In an era of dwindling resources, water is poised to become the new oil as the entire world now faces the reality of a decreasing supply of clean water. To avert a devastating shortage, we must not only look at alternate water sources for existing …
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Reusing the Resource
Adventures in Ecological Wastewater Recycling
by Carol Steinfeld & David Del Porto

Water has been described as the 21st century oil. Water shortages, water quality and water rights are hot-button issues at the local, national and international levels. Climate change, population growth and contamination from industry, farms and …
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Liquid Gold
The Lore and Logic of Using Urine to Grow Plants
by Carol Steinfeld

Nitrogen pollution of lakes, rivers and oceans by human urine is a growing problem. Liquid Gold shows how urine can safely be used to grow food, fuel, fiber and beautiful landscapes while protecting the environment and providing free and safe …
related subjects: Food and Gardening

Sewage Solutions
Answering the call of nature
by Nick Grant, Mark Moodie & Chris Weedon

Rather than polluting watercourses with sewage, many ways exist to recycle it. Sewage Solutions explains such natural methods of treatment as reed beds, cess pits, water stabilization ponds, septic tanks and compost toilets, and also describes how …
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