Posts in 'Rainfall/Precipitation'
Garbage Sails Toward China’s 3 Gorges Dam
Posted on Aug 09, 2010 by Scott James.
David de Rothschild famously built the Plastiki out of plastic bottles and sailed it from California to the fabled Pacific Garbage Patch. The journey took months to plan and more than a year to fully realize. But if he were in China on the Yangtze River, all he would have to do to see the problems a garbage patch can cause a waterway is walk to the shore. Recent rains in China have washed thousands of tons of garbage toward the locks of the Three Gorges Dam. Their state media said that it is so thick that people can stand on it in some places.
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The Politics of Rainwater Harvesting
Posted on Apr 28, 2010 by Scott James.
There is a more than two decade old law in the Philippines requiring the construction of rainwater catchments around the country, but it is seldom enforced. In Cebu City, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country currently dealing with extended dry weather caused by the El Niño effect, that is changing. Lawyers and University students filed petitions with the Supreme Court to enforce the 1989 Rainwater Collector and Springs Development Law. Nestor Archival, Cebu City Councilor, responded with an appeal to residents to use whatever container they have and begin constructing rainwater catchments or digging ponds in their yards.
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EPA Launches Acid Rain Discussions
Posted on Apr 19, 2010 by Scott James.
When was the last time you heard anything about acid rain? Does it not happen anymore? Is it as out of style as grunge music and Friendster? In an effort to answer questions like these (well, except that last one) and engage the online community, the Environmental Protection Agency launched an acid rain discussion forum this week, and the first discussion on April 8 is titled, “Whatever Happened to Acid Rain?”
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Nevada Cloud Seeding Program Avoids Budget Shutdown
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 by Jennifer Lance.
Nevada is a very arid place that supports a fast growing population. For decades, the Desert Research Institute (DRI) has used remote snow generators to seed clouds in northeastern Nevada and the Tahoe region. The program “is aimed at stimulating snowfall in selected mountainous regions of Nevada to increase the snowpack, resulting in more spring runoff and water supplies in the surrounding areas,” but cloud seeding was in jeopardy this year given the recent budget crisis. On Thursday, October 15, 2009, the cloud seeding program’s future was secured with an unanimous vote by the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
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Atlanta Brewery Makes Beer from Harvested Rainwater
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 by Derek Markham.
5 Seasons Brewery in Atlanta, Georgia, is now brewing beer from rainwater harvested on site, setting a new standard for environmental sustainability in water issues. The brewery produced the first rainwater beer for the National Conference for the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA), and the restaurant and brewery says they will now brew all their beers from rainwater.
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