Blue Living Ideas » Rainfall/Precipitation

Nevada Cloud Seeding Program Avoids Budget Shutdown

Jennifer Lance — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:17:31 +0000

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.Â The program “is aimed at stimulating snowfall in selected mountainous regions of Nevada to increase the snowpack, resulting in more spring [...]

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Atlanta Brewery Makes Beer from Harvested Rainwater

Derek Markham — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:00:28 +0000

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 [...]

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Waterwall Fatboy 650G Rainwater Tanks

Scott James — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:27:34 +0000

Waterwall is a rainwater storage tank designed to double as both a water storage tank and a garden privacy or protection wall. As they tell the story, one of the two Australian founders, Mitch, had two pressing needs: Fence off his garden from wallabees and capture rainwater that he could store close to his garden. [...]

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Philadelphia Pledges $1.6 Billion for Storm Water Infrastructure Overhaul

Derek Markham — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:04:11 +0000

Instead of sending all of its storm water straight down the sewer and into the river as quickly as possible, Philadelphia is re-imagining itself as a leader in urban water management. The city is planning to spend $1.6 billion over the next 20 years to overhaul its methods of dealing with the billions of gallons [...]

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Reduce Water Waste by Installing a Rainwater Harvesting System

BLI Editors — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:39:40 +0000

Got a roof? Get a tank. Harvesting rainwater is a great way to conserve this one of the scarcest natural resources and save your dollars in the bargain. An average family uses about 107,000 gallons of fresh water every year. Much of this is flushed down the toilet or poured into the garden. If you have [...]

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More Climate Change Refugees Due to Changing Water Conditions

Scott James — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:05:02 +0000

What do Togo, Germany, Mexico and Papua New Guinea have in common? Climate change refugees. Changing water cycles and weather patterns are forcing thousands to relocate around the world. Iâ€™ve written about the concept of climate change refugees beforeâ€”the thousands of residents on the Carteret Islands are already starting to move to a larger Papua New [...]

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Mass Farmer Suicide Sobering Reminder of Consequences of Water Shortages

Sean Daily — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:00:41 +0000

In one of the more tragic stories related to water shortage in recent history, some 1,500 farmers in India’s agricultural state of Chhattisgarh committed mass suicide in response to the devastating effects of water shortages on their crop production. The story, reported here by The Belfast Telegraph and The Independent, underscores the potentially devastating effects of [...]

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Red River Rising: Thousands Evacuate Fargo

Reenita Malhotra — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:00:31 +0000

Thousands of people have been evacuated from Fargo, North Dakota as the surging Red River threatens to unleash the biggest floods the state has ever seen. The Red River runs along the North Dakota-Minnesota border and flows northward to Canada. An usually cold and snowy winter produced large amounts of snow on top of frozen ground. [...]

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