WATER PURIFICATION A CONTINENT AWAY Mar 29, 2009
Fifth graders at Lynch School have kicked off a school-wide fundraiser for LifeWaterAfrica. org (founded by Gail LaRocca, of Winchester), which installs bio-sand water, filters in Tanzania. (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
Worlds vital freshwater supplies awash with problems Mar 26, 2009
Private use of water filters and bottled drinking water is no real solution, only highlighting the lack of acceptably clean tap water as a public utility and a civil-economic right. Whether on the planets surface or in underground streams, water flows observe no national boundaries. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Guinness celebrates World Water Day Mar 21, 2009
Funds raised would go towards the purchase of water filters for deprived communities as part of its corporate social responsibility to enrich the communities in which it operated, a statement from Guinness said. The runners undertook several laps with a minimum of 300 metres and each lap walked or jogged attracted GH1. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Faucet vs Counter-Top vs Under-Sink... Mar 17, 2009
Faucet vs Counter-Top vs Under-Sink Filters: Best Home Drinking Water Filters from Pur, Brita etc ... Best Home Drinking Water Filters from Pur, Brita etc ... The different types of water filters have their own advantages and disadvantages (some minor, some major). (Suite101.com)
Engineer helps poor in developing nations purify drinking water Mar 17, 2009
Looking somewhat like a ceramic pot in which a houseplant is grown, the water filters are made with a mix of local clay and sawdust and impregnated with colloidal silver. When the clay is fired, the sawdust burns out, leaving a network of fine pores through which the water filters ... In addition, Craver's graduate student Sophia Narkiewicz of Coventry will launch a new program this summer in the Limpopo province of South Africa to see if the usage of the water filters extends the lives of those... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Atlanta woman's global water project Mar 9, 2009
Water filters for developing nations. Tracy Hawkins co-founded a nonprofit that relies on simple pottery techniques to bring water filters to developing nations at a cost of $30 apiece. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Pottery teacher creates water filter for developing nations Mar 7, 2009
Tracy Hawkins co-founded a nonprofit that is bringing water filters to developing nations at a cost of $30 apiece ... Ceramic water filters are not a newfangled, crazy, nutty thing, said Rooney, former president of an international company that builds water projects ... Daniele Lantagne, co-chairwoman of Disinfection 2009, the international water conference in Atlanta, said Filter Pure is proving that ceramic water filters can be made where they are needed and at a high quality. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Big Island carbon plant set Mar 3, 2009
The carbon to be produced by the plant can be used in a variety of filtration devices, including air and water filters. This is an ideal industry that will provide quality year-round employment unrelated to the cycles of tourism while supporting agriculture with a positive cash flow to the struggling macadamia industry, said CEO Rick Vidgen. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Zambia: Communities Benefit From Biosand Filters Feb 25, 2009
Besides, distributing water filters, SHIP from time to time, conducts trainings in communities about the use of bio-sand filters. Other topics covered include basic sanitation. (allAfrica.com)
High school science fair winners announced Feb 17, 2009
Gawron designed carbon-based water filters that use materials found in rural Africa. His win qualified him to participate in this year s state science fair, which will be held in May at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Save money at home Feb 14, 2009
Water filters: That s right, we re suggesting you quit buying bottled water. Instead, use a water filtration system in your refrigerator or at the sink. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Workshop helps clean water for Third World Feb 8, 2009
In the underheated shop on a recent morning, Mr. Schwarz, in scarf and heavy sweat shirt, described the segues that led him to create water filters ... " The pot shop gets support in part from the Forest Hills Rotary Club's Pure Water for All project. The studio was created with economic development money set aside by the Sanders decree, a 1994 court order in a housing discrimination case. Besides turning out water filters -- about 20 on a good day -- Mr. Schwarz also manages the studio and... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Major water plant work approved Feb 8, 2009
Public Utilities Director Jason Caviness, who presented information on recently discovered critical repair needs at the water plant during the board s retreat earlier in January, provided updated cost information to repair malfunctioning water filters. Caviness also had costs to replace the antiquated SCADA system (system control and data acquisition) that allows employees to monitor and control water levels in tanks around the county. (Troy Montgomery Herald, NC)
Making water pure Mar 29, 2008
He had decided one of the most direct ways to help people in Honduras was to make simple bio-sand water filters from the concrete form he could pour in the mold. Aycock described his work during a visit home at Christmas. (AL.com)
NanoDynamics lays off employees Mar 28, 2008
NanoDynamics makes solid oxide fuel cells, water filters and other advanced materials related to nanotechnology. As a result, some research projects and related activities have been curtailed, mostly smaller, longer-term projects, in favor of more prominent and near-term commercial products such as solid oxide fuel cells, water filtration technology and cement additives. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Millions of Iraqis lack water, healthcare - Red Cross Mar 17, 2008
Residents wait their turn to receive water filters distributed by the U.S. and Iraqi forces in Mahmoudiya, 30 km south of Baghdad, March 12, 2008. (REUTERS/Ibrahim Sultan/Files). (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Ceramic Circus Mar 16, 2008
Panels will address topics from "Saving the World," a discussion of the potential of silver-enhanced ceramic water filters to efficiently provide safe water to rural communities, to "The Yixing Influence on Contemporary American Ceramics," regarding the rich brown clay teapots of Yixing, China. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the convention center. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
OPEN FORUM Our expensive pee poses a costly problem Mar 15, 2008
" and gazillions of tiny valves twirl open and drug starts spewing into the outflow tract. With other drugs, millions of little cells in your liver start grabbing the drug that goes by on your blood's conveyor belt, and tossing the chemical molecules into a bin to get rid of them. The drug then gets dumped out into your intestines in your bile. Here's another shocker - sometimes, despite swallowing the capsule or tablet, you don't get the drug - studies have shown that some drugs (especially... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Iraq War Could Help GOP Win in November Mar 15, 2008
A U.S. soldier dances with children during the distribution of water filters to residents by the U.S. and Iraqi forces in Mahmoudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad March 12, 2008. REUTERS/Ibrahim Sultan (IRAQ). (Townhall.com)
Energy Savings CEO departs Mar 4, 2008
He is a former door-to-door salesman, who cut his teeth in home insulation, windows and water filters, before moving on to natural gas. It was mutually decided between Mulcahy and our board that. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Travhotec offers a host hot water systems, water chillers and ... Mar 3, 2008
For process drying and filtering industries, Travhotec supplies air knives, industrial water filters and separators and air dryers. A range of heating equipment is also available from Travhotec including radiant and air heat systems. (Ferret)
Word on the Street Mar 3, 2008
Water filters through the system in the pool for preschoolers every hour and through the adult pool every three hours. The state requires filtration every six hours. (Fresno Bee)
TechnoServe provides water filters for farmers Feb 29, 2008
Wa, Feb. 28, GNA - TechnoServe, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) with the assistance of Guinness Ghana Limited has provided 500 water filters to sorghum farmers in the Upper West Region who lived in communities where access to clean water was a real challenge. The items formed part of the 22,000 water filters valued at 30,000 dollars that the NGO provided for the 2007 floods disaster victims in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions ... He said proper utilization of the water... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Cheap, Clean Drinking Water Purified Through Nanotechnology Feb 27, 2008
11, 2002) Engineers at Ohio State University have discovered how to clean high-tech ceramic water filters at low cost with ultrasound. Though early in its development, this technology may one day enable water. (Science Daily)
Bottled water - eau no! Feb 20, 2008
Equally, water filters can improve taste by removing impurities - including lead from old pipes. At this point I have to admit that I do occasionally buy bottled water. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Child campaign brings Freetown slum to Internet Feb 18, 2008
The other terms refer to water filters, blankets, vaccinations and thermometers. "Through the Web site we will be able to actually show people receiving the goods that the money has bought and over the next three years they will be able to see the community benefit generally," the Save the Children spokeswoman said. (Scientific American)
Household Jobs Checklist Feb 9, 2008
Changing water filters This is determined by the style of unit and amount of water filtered. Read the instructions accompanying the filter and mark the replacement date on a calendar. (Suite101.com)
GGF track weathers winter Feb 4, 2008
On the Tapeta Footings surface, the water filters through the wax-coated mixture of sand, rubber and fiber to a vertical drainage system. "We've gotten so much rain that in the old days we wouldn't have been racing," trainer Bill Delia said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
SUSTAINABLE COHASSET / Reader feedback on water quality Feb 1, 2008
In the same way that buying organic produce doesn t eliminate pesticides, and purchasing recycled paper towels doesn t protect our forests, buying water filters does not better our water supply. We can t shop our way to a safer, more sustainable world. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
Nano myths and realities Jan 17, 2008
These include corrosion-resistant coatings to make hydro-electric turbines more efficient in heavily-silted waters, and nano-membrane water filters to make for faster filtration. SOME LONGER-TERM NANO USES Miniaturised data storage systems with capacities comparable to whole libraries' stocks PCs with the power of today's computer centres Chips that contain movies with more than 1,000 hours of playing time Replacements for human tissues and organs Cheap hydrogen storage possibilities for a... (BBC News -- Science)
Spare parts via the Internet made painless Jan 15, 2008
The items most frequently broken or lost, he said, include laptop batteries, projection television lamps, refrigerator water filters and dryer timer knobs. Laumeister said his company was in the midst of a seasonal surge, as consumers broke, lost or wore out holiday gift gadgets. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
New Jersey American Water Issues Precautionary Boil Water Advisory Jan 15, 2008
-- Do not swallow water while you are showering or bathing; -- Provide pets with boiled water after cooling; -- Do not use home filtering devices in place of boiling or using bottled water; most home water filters will not provide adequate protection from microorganisms; -- Use only boiled water to treat minor injuries. Please be advised that New Jersey American is doing all it can to make sure your water is of the highest quality. (PR Newswire)
Clorox introduces green line of cleaning products Jan 15, 2008
But the green market started looking increasingly attractive to Clorox, which manufactures STP auto care products, Hidden Valley salad dressings, Glad plastic bags and Brita water filters along with cleaning brands such as Liquid-Plumr and Pine-Sol. That's because the overall $2. (San Francisco Chronicle)
NanoDynamics seeks Dubai listing Jan 12, 2008
Members: Not Registered. for free extra services. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Video games, Hillary both bad ideas Jan 8, 2008
Now a water filter company has come up with flavor cartridges to put on faucet water filters. This seems a little counterproductive - filtering out impurities just so you can put your own impurity in it. (Seantobia Democrat, MS)
Clorox, trying to go green, paid $913 million for a beeswax company Jan 7, 2008
And Clorox sells many products that have nothing to do with bleach - including Brita water filters, Glad trash bags and Hidden Valley salad dressings. Still, after Clorox agreed to buy Burt's Bees, scores of customers called Burt's Bees and accused the company of selling out. (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)
* Can Burt's Bees turn Colorox green? Jan 6, 2008
And Clorox sells many products that have nothing to do with bleach - including Brita water filters, Glad trash bags and Hidden Valley salad dressings. Still, after Clorox agreed to buy Burt's Bees last fall, scores of customers called Burt's Bees and accused the company of selling out. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Polycarbonate bottles raise questions Dec 24, 2007
7 million members - said it removed mostly polycarbonate water bottles and food containers, but left water filters and other products containing the chemical on store shelves. It also will continue to sell Nalgene containers made of other plastics, spokesman Tim Southam said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Designs for the poor Dec 20, 2007
Other IDE projects include dirt-cheap ceramic water filters and simple but effective irrigation systems. The idea with each project is to "activate the markets" so that small local merchants have a profit-motive to sell such technologies to poor farmers in their area. (CNN -- International)
Avnery: To die with the Philistines? Dec 20, 2007
The price of water filters has gone up from $40 to $250, there are no spare parts at all for filters. Only the well-to-do can still afford them. (Zmag.org)
From Children's Bladders To The iPhone Dec 18, 2007
By manipulating materials that are smaller than 100 nanometers (a billionth of a meter, or about the size of three atoms in a row), scientists are producing dense semiconductors and hard drives, carbon nanotubes that are 20 times as strong as steel, incredibly sensitive cellular diagnostics and water filters so finely meshed they can turn raw sewage into potable water in seconds. The promise of nanotechnology is not just emotional but practical. (Forbes -- Technology)
First Lady presents relief items to flood victims Dec 15, 2007
The items included, water filters, mattresses, blankets, mats, mosquito nets, wax prints, used clothing, plastic cups, plates, buckets, bed sheets, soft drinks and biscuits. Mrs. Kufuor told the people that she had visited them to sympathize with them for the loss and pain they went through during and after the disaster and asked the women to communicate their needs to her. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Celebrating Consumerism Dec 4, 2007
Indeed, simple everyday items we now take for granted, such as Sprint () cellphones or Brita water filters, would've been unthinkable possessions even for a king in those days. In every neighborhood in America stores are full with consumer options that didn't exist a few years ago, let alone during Jesus's time. (SmartMoney)
Recent headlines from Palo Alto Online Dec 2, 2007
A Stanford University engineering professor has designed a method to clean up polluted sediment from the waters off Hunters Point by using activated carbon, the same technology used in many home water filters. (Wednesday, 1:51 PM). (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Cleanup Method Uses Activated Carbons To Anchor Toxins To Bottom Of The Bay Dec 1, 2007
Richard Luthy, chair of Stanford's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has a plan to clean polluted sediment at Hunters Point in San Francisco with activated carbon the same technology in many water filters. Luthy proposes to sequester dangerous toxins by mixing activated carbon, a type of carbon with a large surface area, into the bay's contaminated sediment. (Science Daily)
India Offers To Help Rebuild Bangladesh Dec 1, 2007
Mukherjee arrived in Dhaka on an Indian Air Force aircraft carrying more than 36 tons of relief goods, including ready-to-eat meals, milk powder, medicine, water filters and blankets. "I bring the solidarity of my country in your hour of need," Mukherjee said. (CBS News -- World)
Indian minister hands cyclone aid to Bangladesh Dec 1, 2007
Mukherjee handed over Indian relief goods, including milk powder, blankets, water filters, food and medicine to Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, foreign affairs adviser to the Bangladesh government, at the airport on Saturday. "India offered to join efforts for rehabilitation of ten severely affected coastal villages," Mukherjee said. (AlertNet)
Carbon to be used to clean SF Bay waters Nov 29, 2007
A Stanford University engineering professor has designed a method to clean up polluted sediment from the waters off Hunters Point by using activated carbon, the same technology used in many home water filters. Richard Luthy will use activated carbon to nuetralize PCBs, or polychlorinated byphenyls, in the mud at Hunters Point. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Older Water Filters Harbor Bacteria That Give Water Fresher Taste Nov 28, 2007
27, 2007) Scientists in Australia have discovered that the older the water filter the better when it comes to reducing the off-putting earthy taste of some tap water. Writing in the Inderscience publication International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, the team explains how bacteria that grow on particles in a sand filter effectively extract the compounds that produce the taste. (Science Daily)
* US airlifts supplies into Bangladesh cyclone zone Nov 25, 2007
Two Indian aircraft carrying packets of ready meals, water filters, tents and medicines have been delivered with another due yesterday, a report by the state-run BSS news agency said. Bangladesh has also received offers of international aid worth more than US$200 million. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
US marines airlift water to Bangladesh cyclone victims Nov 24, 2007
Two Indian aircraft carrying packets of ready meals, water filters, tents and medicines had been delivered with another due on Saturday, the state-run BSS news agency said. A 75-member Pakistan army medical team also arrived along with 15 tonnes of medicine and equipment to set up a field hospital, said armed forces spokesman Major Nawrose, who uses one name. (Yahoo! Asia News)
County's top water users also big conservers Nov 18, 2007
" Hospitals will be among the last to be affected if Athens-Clarke County puts new water restrictions into place, and they only would need to cut their winter water use by 2.5 percent, because officials made public safety the top priority in the drought plan. If the new Step F of the county drought plan goes into effect, industries would be affected first and would be forced to cut their water use by 16 percent of their annual weekly average or face heavy surcharges, fines and service... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Pure H20: rotarians aid international water projects Nov 16, 2007
Without basic necessities, such as water filters, these problems will continue. With the help of organizations, such as Rotary International, however, many developing countries now have access to clean water. (MIllbrook Voice Ledger, NY)
Oceanside woman helps four men leave the streets Nov 11, 2007
Eventually, Wynn found a job in construction, while Mercado and Walker found work at the Salvation Army and at Carbon Resources, a local company that builds water filters. Villamor also got work at Carbon Resources and started stocking shelves at night at a local Stater Bros. (North County Times)
Barclays marks 'Make a Difference Day' with donations Nov 4, 2007
"Staff of Barclays Bank provided water filters and counseled the people on personal hygiene in addition", she added. Madam Elizabeth Frazer Maisie, Headmistress, Kanda Cluster of Schools expressed her gratitude to the bank for coming to the aid of the school and appealed to the bank for providing library books, a classroom block, tables and chairs. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Lodi mobile home park's water could be safe by Monday Nov 4, 2007
The mobile home park owner disinfected the park's water filters this week, said Adrienne Elisaesser, a county environmental health specialist. Tests will be performed this weekend to determine if the water is safe to drink. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Brushy Creek best bet for water Nov 1, 2007
Paul Richards, Sallisaw water superintendent, right, said the new building will house the water filters, offices, and laboratory. A new covered clarifying tank sits between the old water treatment building and the new. (Sallisaw Sequoyah County Times, OK)
Carroll’s outdoors crusader Nov 1, 2007
We taught people how to use stoves and water filters, Addison said. We gave everyone a task. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Calif-based Clorox to buy Burt's Bees for $925 million Nov 1, 2007
Clorox Co., the maker of its namesake bleach, Brita water filters and other grocery-store name brands, said Wednesday that it would purchase Burt's Bees for $925 million. That announcement marks a new stage of breakneck growth for Morrisville-based Burt's Bees, which has developed a line of more than 150 natural beauty products, such as lip balm and hand cream. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Students' plan for hookah bar no pipe dream Oct 31, 2007
Costanza wrote on Oct 30, 2007 1:53 PM:" the claim that "water filters the smoke" has been proven to be false. Too bad the young owner is perpetuating this myth. I'm not against a hookah lounge, but people need to know the real deal... that's all. ". wrote on Oct 30, 2007 1:51 PM:" Where do two college students get the money to support a venture like this? ". (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Lake quality a hot topic in District 14 Oct 31, 2007
It was just a part of your life growing up, and to begin to hear of the deterioration and the purity going down we grew up believing that Owasco Lake was the best water in the world, and then when your children begin to speak of water filters and things of that nature there's something there we are missing. The idea of lower quality drinking water resonated with Sincebaugh, who after 13 years of working for local Democratic candidates on their campaigns decided to become one himself. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Ghana: Dreaming of Home After the Floods [column] Oct 27, 2007
CRS plans to assist close to 4,000 flood-affected households in three regions by distributing hygiene kits (soap, water filters, and water disinfectant), blankets, cups, bowls, pots, and cooking spoons. In Ghana, thanks to a $50,000 donation from USAID, CRS distributed supplies to 3,000 Ghanaians hit hardest by the floods. (allAfrica.com)
Rimini residents unified in dislike of new cleanup plan Oct 25, 2007
He supports individual water filters for people s homes. The EPA isn t in the sewer and water service business; that will show betterment, Martin said. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
NutriSystem buys water-filter maker, says 3Q earnings down 5% Oct 25, 2007
NutriSystem (NASDAQ:NTRI) said it has acquired a preferred minority interest in , a maker of water filters for consumers. NutriSystem didn't say how much it invested in Zero Technologies or give the company's location. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
NutriSystem 3Q profits fall 5 percent, to miss estimates Oct 25, 2007
NutriSystem also bought a minority equity stake in Zero Technologies LLC, which makes water filters and related products. NutriSystem plans to sell ZeroWater filters and products to its customers. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
