SPACE: “May the force pee with you,” water recycling on the Space Station

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• December 15th, 2015
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It may not be a Star Wars galaxy far far away, but when astronauts are far from home, water is a life force. Astronaut Chris Hadfield shows us how the water flows on the International Space Station, featuring a closed-loop treatment system in which the water astronauts use—even their...

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SERIES: Follow the flow of h2o in Cleveland with #ValueWater, @neorsd and @ClevelandWater

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• October 8th, 2015
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The Value of Water reports each of us use more than 100 gallons of water in a single day. Where does it come from, and where does it go? and what would it be like if the resources or the systems that make it possible didn’t exist? This month’s...

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FUN: @EPAWater plays Kardashians app, but here are 5 better water games you can play.

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• July 22nd, 2014
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Of all the games a water-focused agency could play, it had to be this one? EPA Water’s Twitter account posted a status update July 22, saying the account holder had reached the C-List level of the Kardashian: Hollywood app. Chances are the user had mistakenly posted the update to...

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WORLD WATER DAY: The value of clean water, made personal.

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• March 18th, 2014
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A young resident of Maslakh camp (Afghanistan) takes a drink of water. UN Photo/E. Debebe Flush. Don’t think twice about it. Turn the tap. No big deal. Start the laundry, fill your tub, wash you hands, whatever. It’s just water. The simple fact that we can consider a precious...

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FLUSH: China has a waterfall made of toilet bowls. Of course it does.

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• January 23rd, 2014
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We’ve seen toilet bowls turned into planters, tricycles, and bathroom mirrors, but in China, hundreds of recycled toilet bowls have been turned into a waterfall. The construction of it looks amazing, and it’s all operated by a single flush. We see this as a great education opportunity to teach...

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WATER: How many tests in one year? Almost 200,000 help protect our lake.

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• January 16th, 2014
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West Virginia’s water-contamination saga is shining the spotlight on water quality, regulations, contaminants and public health. Clean water is at the heart of our work, but our attention is commonly focused on the wastewater side of the water cycle. How do we monitor our treatment processes and the environment...

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EVENT: Make your holiday break a #h2olidays experience at @clevemetroparks “Water’s Extreme Journey”

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• December 23rd, 2013
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Image courtesy Cleveland Metroparks If you’re looking for a day trip during the holiday break, why not make a journey out of it? Water’s Extreme Journey is a traveling exhibit making a stop at Cleveland Metroparks Watershed Stewardship Center at West Creek through January 12, 2014. For a limited...

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LIST: 7 things mom said that showed she knew a thing or two about wastewater treatment (without even knowing it!)

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• May 9th, 2013
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There are words, phrases, or intonations we hear that instantly harken us back to our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, or other influential women in our lives. This Mother’s Day, we’re looking at some of the most common mom-isms and seeing a very distinctive connection to our industry. Moms know what...

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WATER: It’s called the “cycle” for a reason, right?

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• April 30th, 2013
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Drought conditions in Texas have led the El Paso Water Utilities head to speak the unspeakable: the idea of “direct potable water reuse.” In many media circles, it’s referred to as water recycling, or “toilet to tap.” The National Association of Clean Water Agencies shared the...

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NEWS: Sewage is new source of ski resort snow in Arizona

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• February 1st, 2013
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it… flow? Last month, an Arizona ski resort began making snow entirely from its most reliable water source: Water recycled from Flagstaff’s sewage. Wednesday’s Bloomberg story reads: The ski area near Flagstaff is the first in the U.S. to make snow entirely...

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