Autumn leaves

Autumn leaves, originally uploaded by Jill's Junk.

This great shot by Jill's Junk, a great artist & member on www.flickr.com

Rhythm of the Rain

Rhythm of the Rain, originally uploaded by Tomatoskin.

This great shot by Tomatoskin, agreat artist & member on www.flickr.com

Niagara

Niagara, originally uploaded by Ming chai.

When you think about 2030, there are no more winter in this world. Then the beautiful scene of this Niagara fall would no longer be seen.

So the health of all of us would be a great issue for lagging of water. We need to act together to stop the Global Warming now.


This great shot by Ming Chai, a great artist & member on www.flickr.com

U.S. Water Recycling and Reuse Systems Markets

The following information is what I found on

 http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c60020

A word of caution is one need to ensured that these reused water must remove all the toxins & pollutants before being used as well.

Otherwise, it may cause some after disease & illness for mankind.


This Frost & Sullivan research service titled U.S. Water Recycling
and Reuse Systems Market provides the drivers, restraints, and market
trends that are impacting this market. In this research, Frost &
Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following
technologies: activated carbon systems, media filtration systems, and
membrane systems.

Population Increase and Freshwater Demand Drive the Water Recycling and Reuse Market

Water
recycling and reuse is gaining popularity in the United States due to
the growing demand for water in industries and municipal applications
like agricultural irrigation, lawn watering, and other non-potable
applications. Increase in population and the growing economy are
further putting enormous strain on the existing freshwater resources.
Water reuse and recycling, which helps augment existing water resources
to cope with the demand for freshwater, provides a solution for
sustainable water management. There are several technologies, which are
currently available for treating wastewater for reuse or recycling.
Membrane bioreactor (MBR) is a popular technology that is on a high
growth path, as it combines activated sludge treatment with membrane
filtration.

Stringent federal wastewater discharge regulations
are also driving water recycling and reuse in the United States. The
absence of federal standards for water reuse has forced the states to
establish their own standards. California and Florida are leading the
nation in recycling and reusing water. Some of the other southern
states such as Georgia, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada also have water
reuse programs. "The opportunities for water reuse are tremendous and
the states are realizing its potential benefits," notes the analyst of
this research service. "The rising cost of water, which is a direct
effect of the current water shortage, coupled with tighter
environmental regulations, offers good market opportunities for
existing and emerging participants."

Consumers Negative Perception Barring Wastewater Reuse Must Be Alleviated By Heightening Awareness

Although
wastewater is being treated to a level that is fit for drinking,
consumers, especially public, do not have a complete understanding of
treatment techniques for reusing wastewater, and find these toilet to
tap projects unacceptable. "Whether the water is used for edible food
crops, aquifer recharge or purposes such as toilet flushing or
gardening, issues such as colour and turbidity of water and health
concerns are giving them reasons to doubt the safety and usability of
treated wastewater," observes the analyst. "Hence, there is a strong
negative perception on using treated wastewater for domestic
applications such as lawn irrigation, car washing, or indirect potable
reuse among the consumers."

State water authorities and
manufacturers feel that educating the end users by highlighting the
benefits of reusing water would help change this perception. They
prefer addressing public health concerns and other issues through
organizations such as Water Environment Federation (WEF), which have a
much broader access and can disseminate information quickly.

Read More:

http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c60020

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Untitled

, originally uploaded by strelitzia.

Can you see how precious is the water??


This great shot by strelitzia, a great artist & member on www.flickr.com

Bottled water trumps milk, nears beer

This is a interesting report!!

It show that American need to understand the health issue & stability of Oxygen in bottled water & other repated issue.

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Bottled water trumps milk, nears beer

By DUANE D. STANFORD
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/04/07

Twenty years ago, people scoffed at the notion that highfalutin bottled water made by companies like Perrier and Crystal Springs would ever catch on with the masses. Why would people pay for something they could get at the kitchen sink for next to nothing, the doubters asked?

Boy were they wrong. For the first time ever, Americans on average drank more bottled water in 2006 than milk, according to an industry newsletter that tracks U.S. beverage sales.

And Americans drank nearly as much bottled water as beer.

If the trend continues, Americans could be drinking more bottled water than tap water within a few years.

John Sicher, publisher of industry newsletter Beverage Digest, which tabulated the consumption figures, said portability and health are the key reasons for bottled water's popularity.

"Tap water is in trouble," he quipped.

Beverage Digest's figures showed average per capita consumption of bottled water grew from 11 to 21 gallons between 1996 and 2006.

Consumption of milk dropped from 22.7 to 19.5 gallons over the 10-year span, while beer consumption was steady at 21.8.

Soft drink consumption dropped from 52 to 50.9 gallons, according to the figures.

Copa

Copa, originally uploaded by jcarolvs.

This great shot by jcarolvs, a great artist & membet on www.flickr.com

Copa

Copa, originally uploaded by jcarolvs.

This great shot by jcarolvs, a great artist & membet on www.flickr.com

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

I saw snowflakes yesterday

I saw snowflakes yesterday, originally uploaded by fouramjava.

This Great shot by fouramjava, a great artist & member on www.flickr.com

drops

drops, originally uploaded by cgmh86.

This great shot by cgmh86, a rising star & member on www.flickr.com

Straight down Hoover Dam USA

Straight down Hoover Dam USA, originally uploaded by CaptCaveman.

Hover dam is one of the major dam that supplying drinking water to Southern California. The water level is decreasing each year.

This have pose a major concern about the supply of water in the future, due to global warmming.

We need to speed up the action to reverse the situation.

Multnomah Falls

Multnomah Falls, originally uploaded by lawatha.

This great shot by Lawatha, an artist & member on www.flickr.com

The Demise of Glacier

Perito Moreno glacier, Argentina, originally uploaded by Lord Voldemort.

It had been reported in many reports that Glacier in North & South Artics are melting sooner ever.

As the pollutions in the air caused the Green house warming , thus the pollutions of the rain & eventually on our drinking water.

These is a major concern on our health & our future.

Kangding. Zheduo River

Kangding. Zheduo River, originally uploaded by Maggie's World.

For about over 5,000 years. This river have been a life live of Sichuan people.

They wash, they clean, they drink, they cook, they play with the water. Also transporting goods & food.

But now, I am no confidents on the quality of the water here & its branches.

With the industrialization taking place & the melting of Himalaya ice cap. It is a concern & a very serious concern.

Everest weather's ups and downs

The following news about Everest Weather 's is really a major concern on the green house effect. As my own research the climate change would not only affect the mountain region, but also the rain falls water in China; South East Asia India.

Which are the most populated area in world.

Everest weather's ups and downs


By Navin Singh Khadka;BBC News, in Nepal


Already experiencing melting glaciers and a receding snowline, the
Everest region of Nepal has seen some unusual weather patterns these
past few months.

It has given locals further cause to examine the changing face of this unique environment.

A snow-free winter, followed by unexpected snow storms in the second
week of March - when spring had already begun - has left Sherpas
baffled.

Another unexpected storm in April, which lasted three
days, surprised the locals further still. The following morning, on 21
April, debris from a major ice collapse killed three Sherpa climbers
and injured more than a dozen others in the Khumbu Ice Fall area.

Such accidents are not uncommon in mountaineering, but
this one was blamed on the unusual snowfall which was believed to have
caused the collapse of the ice mass.

"We don't remember getting such snowfall during spring
in the past," said Manmohan Singh Chhetri of Asian Trekking, which had
employed the Sherpa climbers.

"This accident had much to do with the sudden change in
the weather patterns in the Everest region. Perhaps this is what global
warming is all about."

Caught unaware


They say heavy snowfall in spring is something they are
not used to. Moreover, the snowstorms occurred after a completely dry
winter period, lasting from November to February.

"Last winter was not at all like winter, and now the
same is the case with spring," said Jangbu Sherpa, an 80-year-old
Sherpa from mountain town Namche, which is en route to the Everest base
camp.

"This is something we've never seen before. We think this is quite ominous."

In the last two months, many trekkers have been caught unprepared by
the unexpected snowfall, forcing some to return while keeping others
indoors.

"The guidebooks I referred to did not have any
information about snowfall in this season," said Sarah Topping, a
trekker from London, after she braved a sudden snowfall around Namche
last month.

The locals are just as surprised. "I have taken all my
jackets out of the wardrobes again, even though I had put them away
last February," said Nawang Sherpa, a lodge owner in Namche.

For locals dependent on farming, the unusual snowfall in spring brought relief.

"We were quite frustrated because the wintry months were dry and we
could not grow anything," said Sarki Maya Tamang, a farmer in Lukla,
the gateway to the Everest region.

"Now that it has snowed, the fields have become wet and we can sow barley."

Conservation organisations such as WWF have also taken note of the unusual weather patterns.

"We have noticed the unusual and unexpected snowfall in spring," WWF's
climate change officer, Sandeep Chamling Rai, said. "We have been
receiving complaints from locals about the changing weather pattern."

Rangers in the Sagarmatha National Park echo the same
message: "All we can say at this point is climate change is happening
the world over and the Everest region cannot be an exception," said a
spokesperson.

New investigations

This region has now become the subject of intensive study, to get some
concrete data rather than just people's perceptions of changing
climate.

EV-K2-CNR, an international organisation with
headquarters in Italy, has recently installed a sunphotometer at an
altitude of 5,079m (16,600ft) near Mount Everest. It will monitor
atmospheric aerosols, "brown clouds" and changes in humidity in the
Himalayas.

"Atmospheric aerosols are 'powders' that can prevent
sunlight from reaching the Earth's surface, and they can also warm the
air layer. They have impacts in both regional and global climate,"
explained a spokesperson from EV-K2-CNR. "They can lead to changes in
temperature and rainfall patterns."

While the findings of the sunphotometer are awaited, Nepal's Department of Hydrology and Meteorology says it has an
explanation as to why it did not snow at all in most of the Nepalese
Himalayas last winter.

"The information we have is that the westerly
disturbances that normally arrive in the atmosphere of Nepal during
winter did not happen this time due to atmospheric pressure reasons,"
said Sarju Baidya, senior divisional meteorologist at the department.

"The westerly disturbances this time went to Tibet
without entering Nepal's atmosphere, and that was the reason why there
was no rain throughout Nepal last winter and there was no snow in the
mountain region."

Technocrats like Baidya may have the answer for the dry
winter but they do not, as yet, have an explanation for the unusually
snowy spring the Everest region has witnessed this time.

Story from BBC NEWS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/4954546.stm


Published: 2006/05/05 11:26:25 GMT

May 1st.

May 1st., originally uploaded by algo.

Protect our air & water is the 1st priority of our daily life.

Bláa lónið 3

Bláa lónið 3, originally uploaded by krmuir.

Sometime last year, I read a report that the contamination in artic circle are very severe i.e. Alaska, Green land, Iceland...

Looking at this view, we unable to know the conytamination level in the water.

We need to work in hand to create more awareness & call for action.

Beauty of Water Falls

Aberffrwd Weir, originally uploaded by Adam Clutterbuck.

This beautiful falls will soon be over, if we don't act to reduce the CO2 in the air!!

Protect Our Environment

The Three Explorers, originally uploaded by | HD |.

This nice blue sky; Blue water is great view & clean.

It is our duty to protect it & ensure our future generation do have the clean & blue environment to live!!

Sea

CRW_3918, originally uploaded by alidarbac.

The pollution of the sea would cause our environment & d4rinking water to be polluted.

All of us need to do our part to prevent the pollution. Protect our health.

Beauty of Nature

, originally uploaded by **Ahmad Kavousian.

I hope you do enjoy this scene.

Can we ensure that our decendants would be able to have a clean & Green environment??

Water

20060218 rainy day-01, originally uploaded by Olive Ting.

How Are We Going To Maintain Blue Water On Earth??

Drops

my neighbour's house, originally uploaded by maycos60.

A Lake is created by every single rain drop for all these while & all these years.

Save Water is Save Lives!!

Sunset

Sunset at Canyon de Chelly, originally uploaded by Kathleen Andersen.

Can you see the pollution in the air??

So that gives such a nice Sunset view??

How much smogs is in the air??

All the pollutions would fall back to ground & then polluted our ground water & drinking water supply.

Do our part before it is too late!!

Pollutions

bebe 2, originally uploaded by frosti_idm.

Do you know that these animal are suffering from the environmental pollutions beside the humen threats??

We shall create the awareness & help to protect them before it is too late.

Crystal Ball!!

( ( ((O)) ) ), originally uploaded by StanleyChang.

This is the pretty shot of Water - Crystal Ball.


You can see that the clearness of the water.

Imagine, the water will be containminated; then the beauty of the scene that we see & our body would be in serious trouble.

Let work together now to protect our clean & green environment & water!!

Crystal Ball!!

( ( ((O)) ) ), originally uploaded by StanleyChang.

This is the pretty shot of Water - Crystal Ball.


You can see that the clearness of the water.

Imagine, the water will be containminated; then the beauty of the scene that we see & our body would be in serious trouble.

Let work together now to protect our clean & green environment & water!!

Rain Water

autumn colours, originally uploaded by KASIACZEK.

Looking at this, you really appreciate the power of rain & water.

Let's protect the clean & green environment for now & the future!!

Clear Ice

winter's curtain, originally uploaded by Rosina.

Do you enjoy this??

If you do, then please help to protect the Clean & Green Environment.

Otherwise, our life would not last!!

Clean Water

Cold inside, originally uploaded by Coffee_Break.

How Long More We could enjoy clean Water??

Provided we act together to stop Air Land & Sea pollution today!!

Clean Water

blue drip, originally uploaded by Cia L.

With the world full of smog & pollutions in the air & on the ground.

The clean water for our lives & all lives around us would soon be over!!

We shall do some preventitive actions, before our lives are endanger!!

H2O - The essential to life.

H2O - The essential to life., originally uploaded by DIgital DI.

This is the picture posted by my friend's Di from Canada.

Click on the post to read the information!!

Collecting Water Container

Collecting Water Container, originally uploaded by CharlieBrown8989.

When I was visiting China in the 80's, I don't see the bottled water business.

However, now, the business is everywhere.

One can imagine the pollutions in the air & on the ground!!

It is alarming concern in China, as i see many historical building the "White Jade" are experiencing corrosions!!

Hoover Dam

Man Made, originally uploaded by Mountainbread.

In 2002, I have spend some 2 visit to Hoover Dam in Nevada.

I am told that most of the water in Southern California are supplied by Colorado river & Hoover Dam.

The water level in the dam is lower each year. These create a serious concern about the ever increasin drinking water price in Southern California.

Well, if we are not taking step to preserve the water supply & plant more trees, we would be facing our own destructions for not having enough water supply!!

Water Pollutions

Lake Tahoe, originally uploaded by pdug(all_one).

Looking at the beautiful views of this Lake Tahoe.

Clear blue water.... Very nice view...etc.

But you looking at the boat on the Lake!! When I was visiting Lake Tahoe some 3 years back, What I found is there is very fine layer of oil on top of it.

With the speed boat & gas base water transport on the Lake, sure it would not be long, we would not be able to enjoy these beautiful scene anymore.

But most import is also the drinking water pollutions & after maths of drinking these polluted water!!

That would be really sad!!

Green House Effects!!

The Spring Is Here??, originally uploaded by CharlieBrown8989.

This beautiful Narcissus suppose to be the flower's of spring.

However, it is blosom in my yards since late Oct 2005.

This is really a concern to all. The pollutions that cause the Green House effects is altering the Biological clock of the plants'.

Pollutions on the air when after raining , those particles would polluted our drinking water on earth.

These is a seriouse concern to all.

We need to responsible & take action now, before it is too late!!

Blue Water

blue lake, originally uploaded by AlexMoi.

When the sky is clear & blue, the lake or reservoir water must be clear & Blue!!

If it is not then, there is a serious pollution issues that you have to take action.

Water is 75% of our body.

We need to treasure clean water!!

Cleaningness of Water

A sublime moment, originally uploaded by angelferd.

Looking at the water falls quality.

You see the nice green & blue.

But when I was last at the Nigara Falls, I found lots of oil stain floating on it surface.

We have to be concern on the water quality on earth, to all what we can to protect it & ensure that the water that we during, for growing of plants & vegetables & clean.

So that we can enjoy our longevity & great health!!

Global Warming!!

Welcome The Winter??, originally uploaded by CharlieBrown8989.

Looking at this photos, I am sure the plants' are confuse with the wealther conditions now.

i.e. The satellite forecast is day teperature is 70 degree F, but it went up to 78degree, night temperature is 58 dagree, then it went down to 52 degree!!

Click on the photos to read more...

If we are not protecting our environment & water & air. We would be responsible for our own doing!!

Clean Water

waterfall, originally uploaded by SophieMuc.

We need to consistently check our environment.

Cut less trees, plant more trees & green our landscape.

Otherwise, the beauty of our mother nature would be gone.

We would no longer be able to enjoy the scenary like these!!

Powder Activated Carbon for Water Filtration

PAC, originally uploaded by wanghl.

I found this poster on www.flickr.com.

It is a knowledge for you to know how the filtration processs work.

Water Viaduct That is Century Old

This is the Viaducts that ferry waters to my Late Parent's Home Town in Fujian; DongShan Island.

I am told that this is about century old. Supplying drinking water for 0.5millions people!!  

West Palm To Study New Ways To Treat Water

Water Contaminations & pollutions is evermore critical now then ever.

It is important constantly to seek new ways & R & D on the subject matter, one cannot wait until the problem's surface then start to find a solutions to it. That would be too late.. lost a life's & money would happen.

West Palm to study new ways to treat water

By Thomas R. Collins

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Monday, May 16, 2005

WEST PALM BEACH — City residents turned on their faucets one Monday morning last month only to be slapped in the nose by foul-smelling water that tasted like dirt.

City utility officials say they're about to take a hard look at their water system to keep the wincing to a minimum when people pick up their glasses.
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Among the 40 largest cities in Florida in terms of population, West Palm Beach is one of only three that rely primarily on surface water — a source that most in the water industry agree is harder to treat and is subject to algae blooms, like the one that had bottled-water sales skyrocketing recently.

When the weather turns dry, the city turns to Lake Okeechobee, which is so polluted and unfit for providing drinking water that it is frequently described as "chocolate milk" full of phosphates and nitrogens that allow algae to flourish and release foul-tasting compounds. And it's getting worse all the time, making future algae blooms more likely.

Despite that, the city has not turned to more sophisticated ways of treating water that could remove the offensive stuff. At least 17 of the cities in the top 40 have done so, including the other two that rely on surface water: Tampa and Melbourne.

The city's study comes in the middle of a population explosion in which 15,000 more water drinkers have moved into West Palm Beach over the last four years.

Water experts say the promise of more frequent algae blooms is a problem West Palm Beach shouldn't ignore.

"Sometimes you encounter a situation beyond what you expected to have," said Michael Hambor, an operations supervisor with the Palm Beach County Health Department who oversees drinking-water quality. "Now they're going to have to go back and decide what do we do when these things happen."

"I think they have a lot of opportunities with their water treatment facility," said Randy Smith, spokesman for the South Florida Water Management District.

City utility officials promise to respond.

"If they have some alternative methods that would really help our customers, we will definitely budget them and build them," Public Utilities Director Ken Rearden said. "I don't want to deal with this every year."

Ever since railroad tycoon Henry Flagler started drawing rainwater from a low-lying area for his Royal Poinciana Hotel in 1894, the city has relied on surface water.

Today, 19 square miles of wetlands west of Florida's Turnpike store rainwater for drinking. The quality of that water is superior to other surface sources, such as the Hillsborough River, which Tampa uses.

The city is trying to decrease its reliance on Lake Okeechobee during dry periods. It has tested a program in which water is stored in underground wells, though an expansion of that system has stalled because of electricity problems.

The city also is planning to open a plant that treats waste water and returns it to the drinking water supply, but that has been delayed because of problems with the contractor, utility officials said.

"Our mission is to stop reliance on Lake Okeechobee because of the water quality," Rearden said.

The city's plant has won awards and West Palm Beach once won an award for best-tasting water in the region, though that was so many years ago few can remember when it was.

Still, a recent algae bloom, prompted by a hurricane-churned Lake Okeechobee, threw the city for a loop. Utility officials, who use powdered carbon to treat the compounds, simply added more. But they were adding it to the wrong place at first, and had to fix it. They eventually received emergency permission to tap into an underground well of cleaner water to dilute the city's water. Since then, they've upped the amount of chlorine in the water for better disinfection.

Palm Beach County objected to the city's use of the well, worrying it might hurt the quality of the county's water sources nearby.

The city has painted itself into a corner on the algae problem, said Bevin Beaudet, the county's utilities director and past president of the American Water Works Association.

"They're not really looking for a longer-term solution," he said. "It would be presumptuous to say I know how to solve their problems. But if they worked on it they could do that."

More and more cities are turning to methods of treating water that are more sophisticated than West Palm Beach's chemical-treatment method. One is the use of synthetic membranes through which water passes.

Others use ozone, which mixes with the water and changes the molecular makeup of the impure material to render it odorless and tasteless.

The county began using membrane and ozone treatment in the 1990s, in part to eliminate taste and odor problems caused by sulfur, a common problem with underground water.

"The studies showed that the ozone greatly improved the taste and odor of the water and also helped us meet the future regulations," Beaudet said. Moving to ozone also would eliminate the need for chlorine and the waste product associated with it, he noted. Boca Raton and Boynton Beach have turned to membranes.

Rearden said the city will consider all methods, but said going to ozone would be expensive.

"Can you think about what the water rates would be for that?" he said.

Beaudet said the county's rates rose 10 percent or 15 percent over five years when the upgrades were made.

The Orlando Utilities Commission raised rates 10 percent for four straight years in the late 1990s to pay for its switch to ozone.

Others in the industry said newer isn't necessarily better.

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Character of Water

Niagara Falls ON, Canada, originally uploaded by Serraventos's Klicks.

The Character of Water Are

As Serene as the Widow Tree

As Smooth as the skill

As Power as the Avalonche Force

With these characters then it is affecting our health......

Slice of Lemon In Water for Great Health

Do You Know Put A Slice of Lemon In Your Glass Of Water is Great for Your Health?? 

Water for Great Health of Live

red flower bud, originally uploaded by zеn.

Like The PLant's..Flower's...Animal's..
We Human too.. Need Clean Water..

Free From Pollutions

Free From Contaminations

For The Great Health of Us, All Life On The Mother Earth.

Do a little each

Second

Minute

Hour

Each Day &

Everyday...

To Protect our Environment & for Our Great Health!!

Clean Water To Bring Back Life

goldfish
Originally uploaded by Ken_Tokyo.

Looking at this picture, it take me Back to the late 50's & Early 60's, my home have two fish ponds the water is clean & clear.

There are always difference types of tropical fishs in the ponds.

Then after when the area become more populated. 1st it was the snakes.. then the fsih is allgone within half a year.

You see the industrailizations have kills life's.

We Baby bloomers' would have to clean these up for our love ones!!

Green The World.

Tulips With Rainbow Color

infinity
Originally uploaded by dEEsign photography.

Our Mother Earth

Before Industrialization is Nature Green & Colorful.

Like Our Body, The Mother Earth is Containing 75% of Water.

Today, Our Enironment are polluted, Water Contaminated, Once Our Water Resource Dry Out.

Imaging these beatiful scene can only see in Our Digital Archives.

It Would Be A sad Future for Our Heirs.

Do Something Now to Protect Our Mother Earth!!

Clean Water Need More Green

mist
Originally uploaded by alfarman.

Looking At The Beauty of Clean Water.

Is Clean & Clear!!

More Trees Have Been Cut, Mean More Pollutions;

Less Oxygen!!

We need More Trees & Green Plants To Do The Organic Filtering;

Also, More Oxygen Means More Water!!

Better Health for US All!!