July 2008

Invest in water for farming, or the world will go hungry
Daily Monitor - Kampala,Uganda
The latest estimates indicate that in 25 years’ time we will not have enough water to feed ourselves and the current food shortage could become a perpetual ...

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Celebrates Groundbreaking for New ...
MarketWatch - USA
A rainwater collection and storage system providing most of the water for non-potable uses, including irrigation, water features and toilets.

Water supply from the bottom up
Citizen Matters - Bangalore,Karnataka,India
RWC is a group of dedicated individuals catalysing the rainwater harvesting movement in Bangalore. They work as solution providers for rainwater storage and ...

Turning a buck on the big dry
TVNZ - New Zealand
Mitch O'Sullivan, co-founder of Waterwall residential rainwater tanks, said the prominence given to the drought has directly correlated to business growth.

Nottingham sustainable office seminar a success
Green Building Press - Llandysul,Wales,UK
... rainwater harvesting for WC flushing and shower facilities, cycle parking and storage for recyclable waste together with high frequency energy efficient

Ed Beaulieu Promoted to Chief Sustainability Officer for Aquascape ...
Newswire Today (press release) - London,UK
He led the design and development team in creating our prototype rainwater harvest storage system and was project manager for the first installation of this ...

Water officials eye old quarries to solve North County's supply
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
... Santa Cruz Mountains can be turned into water-collection basins that would allow rainwater and surrounding runoff to percolate into the aquifer below. ...

Drought has a death grip on the Oklahoma Panhandle
High Plains Journal - Dodge City,KS,USA
On June 19, the US Drought Monitor upgraded the situation to its most severe drought rating: "D4--Exceptional" for Cimarron and Texas Counties.

Severe drought hits Australian wheat crop May was country's driest ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
One of Australia's worst droughts on record is hurting wheat farming just as the world needs it most. Australia is usually the world's third- or

More trading could help to alleviate water shortages
Economist - UK
SO WORLD markets are short of oil, and supplies of food are running thin. The prices of all sorts of basic commodities are soaring, and now there may also

Matheson pushes water study
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
... rainwater and graywater; research on water storage and distribution systems; and research on social and economic barriers to greater water efficiency.

Summer rains can save homeowners money
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
In addition to the potential savings, taking advantage of rainwater could be beneficial to your yard in other ways since rainwater is better for vegetation ...

LEED-ing by example
Benton County Daily Record - Bentonville,AR,USA
Rainwater capture: A rainwater capture system will take advantage of the area's 44-inch average rainfall by routing it from the roof of its new building ...

’Weve always had to hoard water
Cyprus Mail - Nicosia,Cyprus
... fortified and surrounded by walls, the problem of the lack of drinking water was solved by systematic channelling and underground storage of rainwater. ...

Rain barrels are collecting interest
The Express Times - Easton,PA,USA
Actually, it would, come to think of it, because he waters his flowers and veggies with rainwater stored in a pair of homemade rain barrels. ...

Food crisis: Drought hurts vital Australian wheat
The Associated Press -
Riots over rising bread prices and shortages have led to at least 10 deaths in Egypt this year. Relief may be on the way. Wheat sowing rose by 13 percent ...

Heavy rain helps to ease Triangle drought
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
A week ago, the three counties were in "severe" drought, the second worst level. Raleigh-Durham received 6.3 inches of rain in the 30 days ending July 8, ...

Northern Afghanistan Struggles With Severe Drought
Environment News Service - USA
Much of Afghanistan has affected by drought this year, and the situation in the northern provinces, especially Jowzjan and Faryab, is approaching disaster. ...

Alabama Power stems water flow
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
The severity of the conditions range from “abnormally dry” to “severe drought.” Both Talladega and St. Clair counties are classified in severe drought. ...

When rain falls, they grab it, keep it
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
Concord resident Scott Barfield has started a timely company: Lifewater Designs installs environmentally friendly devices that harvest rainwater, ...

Chicago-area gardeners thirst for rain barrels
Chicago Tribune - United States
I haven't fertilized; I've used the rainwater exclusively. And I've had better success." But Hollingsed will have to wait for his next rain barrel if he's ...

Drought worsens in Cumberland County
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville,NC,USA
Thirteen counties in the western part of the state are in exceptional drought, the most serious category. The area considered in severe drought stretched ...

Much of the Birmingham area in a severe drought
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
As a result, much of the area is considered to be in severe drought and the rest in moderate drought. In Alabama, only the Mobile area is receiving enough ...

Australia climate report 'like a disaster novel'
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Our Foreign Staff Australia is facing severe drought and heat waves on an unprecedented scale, a "disaster novel" of a government report has warned.

Water storage drive in full swing in India
Merinews - New Delhi,India
The ministry of Water Resources has urged people to tap water by adopting rainwater harvesting. States have undertaken steps to utilise water.

Solution to California Drought is in the Clouds
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
... pine needles and even sand from the gutter; then a secondary filter, called a roof washing system; a rainwater pump and a water storage tank.

Shock waves find hidden aquifers
Capital Press (subscription) - Salem,OR,USA
Vibrations change when the shock wave encounters friction, which is caused by water rubbing against rocks underground. By measuring the time from when a ...

First water tanker from Greece due in drought-hit Cyprus
AFP -
NICOSIA (AFP) — The drought-parched island of Cyprus was awaiting the arrival on Monday of its first shipment of water from Greece to replenish dwindling

SYRIA: Bread subsidies under threat as drought hits wheat production
IRINnews.org - New York,NY,USA
Self-sufficiency in wheat, however, is under threat as a result of severe drought over the past two years in the primary wheat-producing regions of ...

June 2008

Rain gardens capture storm water, clean it up
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
A green roof certainly does a lot to compensate for the footprint of a building in terms of microclimate heat, maybe habitat loss and certainly rain runoff ...

Rockwood farmer catches water for irrigation
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA
50-500 gallon storage tanks, can be modified to collect rain, $100-$500. Rainwater Collection & Retention 101: 9 am-5 pm Saturday, June 28, ...

Wolseley's shows off sustainable building centre
HeatingandVentilation.net - London,England,UK
... in Leamington Spa cost £3.2m to build and includes self-cleaning windows, roof-top photo-voltaic cells and underground storage for rainwater harvesting. ...

Tunxis Heights Homes Are Energy-Friendly
Hartford Courant - United States
"We have an underground water storage tank that captures rainwater that can then be used for irrigation," Beaudry said. "And we will use grass seed from

Family puts rainwater to work
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
Parents Matt and Emily Kipp are doing their part to conserve water by collecting rainwater from their roof. Four storage tanks that collect up to 165 ...

Flooding fallout
Reporter-Times - Martinsville,IN,USA
“There are a lot of containers out there still filled with rainwater. Those will allow us to have enormous numbers of mosquitoes,” said Dr. James Howell,

Rainwater harvesting advocates bring filter tech to the US
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
Then, the water flows to a calming inlet in the storage tank. In the third step, water is pumped back from the tank through a floating suction filter, ...

Guest column: Don't expect simple solutions to complexities of ...
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
Will we continue to send rainwater to the streams as quickly as possible, or will we choose to implement policies and programs to deal with rain where it ...

Energy adviser: Systems can help reduce electricity costs
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
But siting wind turbines can be tough because they require lots of space and a steady breeze to be most effective. Micro-hydro turbines are even tougher to ...

A nation's liquidity at stake
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
People are installing rainwater tanks, using grey water, growing vegetables, becoming mindful of every drop. Councils are harvesting stormwater and mining ...

Rainwater tunnel project to ease floods
News.gov.hk - Hong Kong
Speaking on a radio talk show today, Mrs Lam said a flooding storage reservoir and a pumping station are being built in Sheung Wan. ...

Rainwater harvesting
The New Nation - Bangladesh
The term "carbon capture and storage" (CCS), also known as "carbon capture and sequestration", refers to a set of technologies designed to reduce carbon

News Buzz: Floods in Iowa and China, Bush in Britain, and More
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
"It's likely that we will see major and serious flooding on every part of the southeastern border of our state from New Boston and down," one Iowa official ...

Harvest the clouds for a better garden, landscape and environment
Springville Journal - Springville,USA
“Conveyance” transports the rainwater to storage (downspout). “Roof washing” is a filter or strainer that removes contaminants and debris. ...

The vanishing lake
Daily Post - Llandudno Junction,UK
FURIOUS villagers are demanding to know why a much-loved fishing lake and beauty spot keeps disappearing. Llyn Anafon, a former reservoir on the Carneddau ...

May rain costs farmers money crops
Delmarva Daily Times - MD,USA
For farmers whose acreage isn't taken up by one crop, they're keeping their heads above water. "My stuff might be a little late, but it's not too bad," said ...

'It's like gold falling from sky'
Electric New Paper - Singapore,Singapore
He would transfer the rainwater from the buckets to the bottles, and cap them for storage. If he collected more water than he could store, he added bleach ...

Green House in Melbourne by Zen Architects
Inhabitat - USA
Rainwater is collected from the roof and put into storage tanks. Both rainwater and grey water are used in the 35 square meter (375 sq.ft.) garden. ...

®Corgan Headquarters - First Privately Developed LEED Office ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
A cistern was provided to collect rainwater that can be re-used for irrigation. Corgan’s innovative strategies have helped reduce water required for ...

Tips on capturing rainwater
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... so subsequent rainwater should cleaned in a "first-flush washer" that separates the initial surge of water from the water destined for storage (see ...

May 2008

Lago Vista house uses passive solar design
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
Landscaping includes native plants, and the Koehns have a rainwater collection system that supplies water for the pool. And if it gets too hot or cold for ...

Rainwater harvesting law's in place, but who will act on it?
Times of India - India
Awarded by the Delhi CM for his efforts, Kharbanda has been collecting rainwater from his rooftop for household use in a storage tank.

Developer plants a few new roofs
Beach Reporter - Manhattan Beach,CA,USA
Poon explained that a drip system will be installed for watering the plants and instead of rainwater running off the roof and into the storm drains, ...

Spain's drought: a glimpse of our future?
Independent - London,England,UK
Spain needs to capture more rainwater, says Stephanie Blencker of the Stockholm International Water Institute, as climate change will produce alternating ...

A Greener Charlottesville: Rainwater Harvesting
WCAV - Charlottesville,VA,USA
Rainwater harvesting refers to the collection and storage of rain to be used at a later date. Nick Evans from the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water ...

Precious drops of water
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
The roof should be properly surfaced with a slope to collect the rainwater and led to a sump/water tank below. Washing vehicles uses precious drinking water

NMSU-Las Vegas Memorial Middle School greenhouse switches on solar ...
High Plains Journal - Dodge City,KS,USA
A New Mexico Pubic Education Department grant allowed the school to purchase rainwater runoff storage tanks, which gather water from the greenhouse roof, ...

Simple system stores rainwater for use around the home.
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
Low-flush toilets and shower heads and drip irrigation can halve water use and reduce the size of a water storage tank, he said. ...

Commission on Sustainable Development panels discuss effects of ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
It would focus not just on catching rainwater, but also on creating dedicated early warning mechanisms, diversifying livelihoods and identifying ways to ...

’RAINPODs Beautiful Water Harvesting System
Inhabitat - USA
An unfortunate evolution, granted that rainwater storage has been practiced for more than 2000 years. One would have hoped for a more elegant design by now! ...

David Gottfried, LEEDS pioneer, gives Rainwater HOG tank his green ...
Infolink Architecture & Building - Australia
Modularity plus thermal mass plus rainwater storage makes Rainwater HOG a high scoring multi-tasker in Green Star and LEEDS rating systems. ...

Green protection for rain gutters
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA
We want to be the premier provide of rainwater control products in the world and we'll stay in it as long as we're useful and productive.

’Foster + Partners New Green Complex for Singapore
Inhabitat - USA
A rainwater harvesting system, geothermal heating system, chilled beams and ceilings, and an ice storage system for cooling are further enhancements planned ...

BUILD IT GREEN
Santa Monica Mirror - Santa Monica,CA,USA
An energy saving “living roof” system is in place at David Hertz Architects at 1920 Olympic Boulevard. Joe Avina of Falcon Waterfree Technologies displayed ...

April 2008

A simple dream home, hurdles and all
Times Colonist - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada
They chose a metal roof, both for its reflective properties and planning one day to capture rainwater from it. Directly under the roof is one of the secrets ...

Indio city officials: We want a 'watermaster'
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
The valley's underground aquifer is in a state of overdraft, meaning more water is removed each year than is returned. Recent studies show the overdrafting ...

Precious water bounty parked underground
Herald Sun - Melbourne City,Australia
Plans are also under way to install a one million litre tank to harvest rainwater from the Shrine of Remembrance to water surrounding commemorative trees ...

Special to The Washington Post
Washington Post - United States
But environmentally speaking, too much paving is a disaster, blanketing the ground and preventing rainwater from soaking in. Runoff, especially after strong

Saving the rain for a sunny day
Metro Canada - Vancouver - Vancouver,Canada
... maybe even incorporating under-counter storage for the hose or watering can. In the meantime, another option for collecting rainwater is a more ...

Rain Garden Takes Root During Green Week
Larchmont Gazette - Larchmont,NY,USA
Roofs, roads, parking lots and other hard surfaces channel rainwater onto the streets and down storm sewers instead of into the soil. ...

Artful gutters and downspouts add a nice architectural detail
OCRegister - Santa Ana,CA,USA
"Gutters and downspouts serve as a home's rainwater management system," says architect Craig Newick, owner of Newick Architects in New Haven, Conn. ...

The Clovelly Eco Home
Times Online - Auckland - Auckland,New Zealand
These include a triple pipe reticulation system for rainwater and grey water re-use and there are 3000-litre storage tanks on site.

The eco-friendly train station
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
"It will be one of the first stations in Queensland Rail's urban rail network to be installed with rainwater storage tanks to collect roof water for its ...

Rain Tube kicks PVC to the curb by Becky Brun - 4.4.08
Sustainable Industries - San Francisco,CA,USA
They are essential components of any rainwater harvesting system, which are becoming more popular and mandatory in some cities, as the green building ...

Want to Save Water? Consider Green Landscaping
KREN CW 27 TV - Reno,NV,USA
... fire-protection reserve or even using captured rainwater indoors (which requires more-careful filtration and treatment) -- you may need a storage tank, ...

Save water, save lives: Orissa sets an example
Times of India - India
This went on till the villagers learnt how to conserve rainwater through watershed development. Usually, the rainwater would drain off or simply dry up.

Over 4000 UCs water quality assessment completed
Unique Pakistan - Karachi,Sindh,Pakistan
... tubewell technology, desertification control technologies, rainwater harvesting and storage, glaciology, water conservation, water quality, etc.

Hospital in a spin over success of innovative rain recycling scheme
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
By James Hamilton IT NEVER rains but it pours for a Scots hospital which has become the first in the country to harness rainwater to use in its laundry ...

Off-grid: Meet the pioneers living who are living without mains ...
Independent - London,England,UK
You can store and reuse rain water if you have an attic or a roof where you can place a storage tank, to reduce your consumption from the mains water supply ...

All homes can save water, says Paul
Rutland and Stamford Mercury - Stamford,England,UK
A HOMEOWNER is urging others to stop gallons of rainwater from going down the drain by collecting this precious resource. Paul Latchford will never be ...

Revamp of water services a priority
The Canberra Times - Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia
... different although the collection of rainwater and the use of recycled water present slightly different challenges. To ensure that the recycling storage ...

Rains, food shortage add misery to IDPs
Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
Hundreds of women scamper to collect pieces of firewood scattered around their tents as frantic hands grab pots with boiling food into the tents.

Are barrels coming back?
Milton Daily Standard - Milton,PA,USA
... roof and sidewalk during a good rain. Then, as now, runoff rainwater is best utilized for gardening, or in more complicated systems, to flush toilets. ...

February 2008

Some Texans want rainwater harvesting
Water Technology Online - Latham,NY,USA
Ed Barnes, another presenter, said that water storage tanks should be at minimum capable of storing 20000 gallons of water. This size tank should then be

World Water Day today: 1.1 bn lack access to water
Commodity Online - Kochi,Kerala,India
... groups are working hard to address the problem as well. One promising initiative in India uses ancient reservoirs, called erys, to collect rainwater

Green house effect
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
... a tankless water heating system, bamboo floors, a rainwater storage system, a droughttolerant landscaping system and to top it all off, a grass roof.

Rain water harvesting in Kashmir
GreaterKashmir.com (press release) - Srinagar,Jammu and Kashmir,India
Rain water harvesting refers to collection and storage of rain water, and also other activities aimed at harvesting surface and ground water. ..

Water crisis
Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
The world is already facing a food crisis and a wide-scale shortage of agricultural water leading to a food shortage could only spell a disaster for many ...

Using ground-penetrating radar to observe hidden underground water ...
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA
To meet the needs of a growing population and to provide it with a higher quality of life, increasing pressures are being placed on the environment through ...

Port Central One sets green benchmark
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
The addition of underground storage tanks means even more rainwater can be harvested. These and earlier water conservation measures has seen the Port slash ...

Wasting wealth beneath our feet
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
But there is ample scope for rainwater harvesting, and yet no such project has yet been undertaken. The South Bengal reservoirs are located either along the ...

The price of free water is a sensible way of managing rain
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Infiltration in our soil and sediments that underlie it provides excellent storage capacity for rainwater. And best of all, it's free. ...

Winning gardens go easy on the environment
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
Included was a tea house with a “green” roof of creeping thyme and a mosaic wall of broken tile, pebbles and gleaming bottle bottoms; a table and chairs

Water on the brain
Rome News-Tribune - Rome,GA,USA
The area on the North Georgia side of the boundary is laced with caves, many of them filled with underground Tennessee River water, so why not just evict ...

 How green is your roof?
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
It provides a habitat for bees and produces a honey crop. From above, the flowering roof looks like an enormous, sloping aerial meadow. .

Brophy sees merit in water storage bill
Journal-Advocate - Sterling,CO,USA
Under current law, no storage of rainwater is allowed because the runoff falls under the prior appropriation doctrine and must be allowed to flow to senior ...

Engineers Without Borders Provides Clean Water to Villagers
San Leandro India West - San Leandro,CA,USA
A roof with rainwater catchments will be built to provide cover and shade and a water storage tank will be constructed. Water quality from the well will be

Getting on the environmental tram
CEO Forum Group - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Introducing rainwater storage options, rainwater harvesting, waterless urinals and any other measures can give us better water conservation across our ...

Earn extra miles or points with stays
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
... solar-powered lighting and hot water; caught rainwater for use in the hotel; minimal air conditioning; motion sensors on exterior cabana lights; ...

PureSense Soaks Up $4.5M
Greentech Media - Cambridge,MA,USA
Simbol Mining, which claims it has developed a process to produce lithium from geothermal brine, a waste byproduct of geothermal-energy production, ...

‘’Atlanta may only need big straw
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Chattanooga,TN,USA
And even if Georgia could drill to water in a connected underground cave near Nickajack, experts would have to show where the water came from. ...

Grants aimed to help farms protect water
Schenectady Gazette - Schenectady,NY,USA
One farm will develop a manure storage facility, Nellis said, and another will cover a barnyard to prevent rainwater from mixing with cow waste and flowing ...

Channeling Mulholland
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
It has installed experimental porous surfaces in agency parking lots, which allow rainwater to enter the region's aquifers. Atwater plans to ramp up efforts ...

YOUR OWN FISPOND
Mother Earth News - Topeka,KS,USA
If your property is composed of predominantly clay soil, the ground will probably seal well without any trouble. (You can test your earth's water holding ...

Thailand promotes Rainwater Harvesting
iNSnet - Heerlen,Limburg,Netherlands
Contrary to popular belief that water becomes stale with extended storage, rainwater quality often improves as bacteria and pathogens gradually die off. ...

THINK GREEN - THINK
Coastweek - Mombasa,Kenya
When the colonial farmers first came to Kenya and established farms in drier areas, they cultivated a system of rain water storage by having large ...

An island in hot water
Times of Malta - Valletta,Malta
Today some of them stand empty because no one remembered to install a rainwater collection system. These scenes may seem very far away but they should make

Drought cracks ancient caves
ABC Online - Australia
The drought is causing underground century-old caves to dry out, cracking columns and stopping stalactite growth. Jim Hannel, the leaseholder of Princess ...

The rain falls mainly down the chain
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
In the garden "rain chains" direct storm water from the roof to keep the courtyard and pond free of pollution or flooding. Using rain chains rather than ...

A Seaside View - Bodrum
Turkish Daily News (subscription) - Ankara,Turkey
... rainwater from the roof, storing it for use over the summer, I was particularly fascinated by the explosion of designs in home water storage tanks. ...

Thorold forming green committee
St. Catharines Standard - St. Catharines,Ontario,Canada
Rain barrels collect roof water, which can be used for gardening and other purposes. The program is aimed at conserving water, keeping gardens healthy and ...

The dark side of nature
Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey
I quickly realized it was not an earthquake in Turkey but tornadoes. Where? In the very area where many of my friends and relatives live. ...

Go with the flow: Commuting by river could be the cleaner, greener ...
Independent - London,England,UK
After more than a decade of resentment against London Underground, I ran past stoic-looking passengers and instinctively headed towards the river Thames.

4 Things the Roman Aqueducts Can Teach Us About Securing the Power ...
CSO - Framingham,MA,USA
... because the water supply was no longer protected underground. Thus, the infrastructure changed from a hidden and purpose-built system into a visible

Are floods in Kansas and Texas the result of regular seasonal ...
Helium - Andover,MA,USA
The strange weather, and natural disasters of recent time, are being blamed on man kinds use of fossil fuels. One view on the subject world dominance, ...

January 2008

The green Academy
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
"We're having solar panels in the roof and are also considering a wind turbine to top up the power. That could even mean we put some power back into the ...

Geology - Ground and Surface Water Supply
Vox Online News - Gibraltar,UK
... network of tunnels, and there is contamination in the groundwater caused by sea-water spray blown onto the land, and breakage in underground main salt ...

Imagine: Rain, rain, stored away
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
"We could have hidden the infiltration pit underground and planted over the top," Jensen acknowledges. "But I wanted to uncover it to show how it works in a

’WHAT IT MEANS Yemens water crisis
Yemen Times - Sana'a,Yemen
Rainwater is the country’s main source, comprising 93% of the current total water resources, while surface water, ground water and unconventional source ...

Building the future: eco-architecture
Times Online - UK
There is a subterranean rainwater recycling tank, and a sedum green roof encourages biodiversity and controls rainwater run-off in wet weather. ..

Harvesting rain water can mean barrel of savings on water bill
Inside Bay Area - Oakland,CA,USA
By Laura Casey, STAFF WRITER BARREL OF FUN: Grant Minix has hooked up his shed roof to a large hose to syphon the rain water for his garden during the ...

Take care of garden hose, bring in for winter
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
By Al & Kelly Carrell | Cowles Syndicate Garden hoses need to be stored away during the winter. If left out in the cold, they usually are ruined by the time ...

Missing cave explorers located in France
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Twenty-five rescuers and about 40 firefighters backed by specialist cave rescue consultants were working to get to the men, caught underground by rising ...

Matrix Tanks by Atlantis Water Management - underground water ...
Infolink Architecture & Building - Australia
Matrix Tanks are an efficient and cost effective way to allow rainwater to be captured from the roof and other hard surfaces and then be stored under ...

Quarries could be tapped during drought
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
The quarry and the college sit atop an aquifer with underground springs and streams spread like tentacles underneath the campus. When the water table drops

Progress being made on geological interpretive site
Marshall News Record - Marshall,NC,USA
... the site will give an above-ground view that complements the underground karst formations and crevices that can be seen in Niagara Cave or Mystery Cave.

’Gladstones community center opening later this month
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
After digging up the sub-floor, crews discovered an underground spring that was causing the problem. They fixed it by digging through 18 inches of dirt and ...

In a growing water war, officials say underground protection ...
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
So when the state required Kent and Sussex counties to develop a plan to protect underground drinking water supplies by the end of 2007, Baker and other ...

One day in the desert.
Jerusalem Post - Israel
Water slowly dripping through the limestone all year round fills up a karstic cave: when full, the water flows into the pool for about 20 minutes - and the ...

New way of collecting water during drought
WPTV - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
In just five days, once-a week water restrictions will take effect for everyone from Orlando down to Key West. Many are wondering what they can do to make