Re-thinking Groundwater: The Water Budget Myth

I wanted to bring up an important topic that got some blog time on the AWRA blog a couple days ago. The post has to do with how we manage groundwater withdrawals. It deserves attention for a couple important reasons. First is that the traditional way of determining how much water to pump out of the ground [...]

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Signals for Cyclists

Streetsblog.net has some discussion on signaling and cyclists that, as a cyclist and civil engineer, I find rather interesting. Enough so to share it here. I ride a steel bike (ferrous) most of the time and since I know what detection loops are and how they work, I usually don’t have a problem setting them [...]

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TED: Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting suburbia

A small glimpse into the future of suburbia. Demand for sustainable urban living is on the rise! She talks about daylighting streams, bio-swales, and other sustainable approaches to development.

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Air Water Harvesting, A Part of the Solution

My wife brought this EcoSeed article to my attention today and I wanted to share it. Villages in Peru collect water in the form of fog as it moves through their land. In combination with other harvesting techniques, we could begin to transform water supply infrastructure to a more sustainable direction by taking advantage of [...]

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Sustainable Cities Collective

I am now a …

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GreenSource: Hope Floats: The redevelopment of the West Palm Beach, Florida, waterfront includes a floating dock that’s also a water-filtration device.

In late February West Palm Beach, Florida, celebrated its new waterfront comprising 12.5 acres along the Intracoastal Waterway. The $30 million project, which includes Commons Park, water gardens, two boat piers, and walkways, was overseen by artist and lead designer Michael Singer, with landscape architects Carolyn Pendleton Parker at Sanchez & Maddux and Connie Roy-Fisher, architect [...]

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Water; Our Thirsty World – The Annenberg Space for Photography

National Geographic had a issue on water back in March. They also have a part of their website dedicated to freshwater information that I encourage everybody to check out. There is stunning photography as well as excellent articles on our most precious resource. While there I stumbled across The Annenberg Space for Photography. They have an exhibit [...]

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