time to get over the yuck factor 01172017

The time has come to get over the Yuck FactorECO Green Group Thursday January 26, 2017

byTony Green

Copyright @ Tony Green 2017

Agenda

Why are we talking about the Yuck

Factor?

Drinking Recycled Water like Nature

Where the Yuck Factor has worked



Poll: the amount of water on the earth since the beginning of time has

A. IncreasedB. Decreased C. Stayed the same

Stayed the same!!!!


Why are we here - Drought


Why are we here -Misuse/Mismanagement


Why are we here - Flooding


Why are we here? What is effecting our water supply?


Why are we here - Global PopulationAs of 2:00 P.M, P.S.T. January 22

7,479,251,310http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

80% probability 9.6 billion

and 12.3 billion by 2050Source: the guardian.com

Growing by 1.18 % per

year, or an additional

83 million people

annually. Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division 1World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision, Key Findings and Advance Tables

A lesson from nature - Evaporation/Preciptation


A lesson from nature – The ground we walk on


A lesson from nature – Let’s thank plants for their role


Welcome to the Land Down Under



“If we can use recycled water for coal mines why not to produce drinking water”


So what is your solution to provide drinking water?


Still needed a way to get residents water………….


Meet Singapore


30% Desalinated + Recycled Water

40% piped in from Malaysia


high water taxes

effluent technologies

exhortations –educate and remind


Where is a czar when

you need one?


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What does being hot, dry and windy due to a reservoir?


Is it viable to used recycled water as a supply for drinking water?


Can we embrace the idea?

Thanks to our gracious sponsor


Additional Resources


Water Reuse https://watereuse.org/

Water Reuse Potential in California http://pacinst.org/app/uploads/2014/06/ca-water-reuse.pdf

Water Environment Reuse Foundation http://www.werf.org/i/a/ka/WaterReuse.aspx

Water Reuse and Recycling http://www.waterworld.com/waste-water/reuse-recycling.html

What is Water Reuse http://nas-sites.org/waterreuse/what-is-water-reuse/

Water has the Power http://water.org/