Innovative Water Solutions LLC was awarded a 2013 Rain Catcher Award by the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) for the Candlelight Ranch project located in Marble Falls, Texas.
Okanagan College is developing a demonstration garden to promote sustainable agricultural practices. The 1.5 acre site will feature various gardens, including a community garden, college garden plots, greenhouse, food forest, and native plant garden. Water harvesting techniques like swales and rain gardens will passively irrigate the site. The garden will be used for hands-on learning and research on sustainable growing methods.
The document discusses water harvesting and recharge efforts in Kalyanpur Samastipur, India. It outlines existing natural water sources like public ponds, farm ponds, rivers, and flood structures. It describes people-centric models to enhance water storage and recharge capacity by desilting ponds, executing small farm pond schemes, and increasing agriculture and fish productivity to benefit small farmers economically. It provides details on existing public ponds, farm pond schemes undertaken, expected water storage increase, reduced groundwater dependence, initial fish production, and potential from restructuring flood and river structures.
The document provides information on a resort located in Hesaraghatta, Bangalore, India. It was completed in 2006 on a 12 acre site at a cost of Rs. 6 crore. The resort features 24 dwelling units as well as amenities like a restaurant, spa, pool and areas for traditional village activities. The resort utilizes solar power and a windmill to generate electricity and uses solar cookers and a biogas plant to power its kitchen. Wastewater is treated through leach pits and greywater is used for gardening.
By Manoranjan Mondal, Elizabeth Humphreys, TP Tuong
Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone Conference
21-23 October 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://waterandfood.org/ganges-conference/
The document outlines plans to upgrade Shaftesbury Avenue Reserve in South Perth. It details that the irrigation system will be upgraded and hydrozoned to reduce overall water usage while maintaining park quality. All existing trees will be retained and new native trees planted. Garden beds with low-water plants and native species will increase biodiversity. New paths, seating, and a multi-use court will improve amenity. The upgrades are scheduled for construction in Summer 2015-2016.
This document discusses the relocation of community gardens in Red Deer, Alberta from a single 9-acre plot to multiple new locations. It outlines challenges in site selection including funding, soil quality, access to utilities, and zoning. The new garden locations established in 2009 are then described, including the number of plots at each. Guidelines for plot maintenance and expectations of gardeners are also provided. The document concludes by discussing opportunities to expand the gardens and increase community involvement.
Okanagan College is developing a demonstration garden to promote sustainable agricultural practices. The 1.5 acre site will feature various gardens, including a community garden, college garden plots, greenhouse, food forest, and native plant garden. Water harvesting techniques like swales and rain gardens will passively irrigate the site. The garden will be used for hands-on learning and research on sustainable growing methods.
The document discusses water harvesting and recharge efforts in Kalyanpur Samastipur, India. It outlines existing natural water sources like public ponds, farm ponds, rivers, and flood structures. It describes people-centric models to enhance water storage and recharge capacity by desilting ponds, executing small farm pond schemes, and increasing agriculture and fish productivity to benefit small farmers economically. It provides details on existing public ponds, farm pond schemes undertaken, expected water storage increase, reduced groundwater dependence, initial fish production, and potential from restructuring flood and river structures.
The document provides information on a resort located in Hesaraghatta, Bangalore, India. It was completed in 2006 on a 12 acre site at a cost of Rs. 6 crore. The resort features 24 dwelling units as well as amenities like a restaurant, spa, pool and areas for traditional village activities. The resort utilizes solar power and a windmill to generate electricity and uses solar cookers and a biogas plant to power its kitchen. Wastewater is treated through leach pits and greywater is used for gardening.
By Manoranjan Mondal, Elizabeth Humphreys, TP Tuong
Revitalizing the Ganges Coastal Zone Conference
21-23 October 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh
http://waterandfood.org/ganges-conference/
The document outlines plans to upgrade Shaftesbury Avenue Reserve in South Perth. It details that the irrigation system will be upgraded and hydrozoned to reduce overall water usage while maintaining park quality. All existing trees will be retained and new native trees planted. Garden beds with low-water plants and native species will increase biodiversity. New paths, seating, and a multi-use court will improve amenity. The upgrades are scheduled for construction in Summer 2015-2016.
This document discusses the relocation of community gardens in Red Deer, Alberta from a single 9-acre plot to multiple new locations. It outlines challenges in site selection including funding, soil quality, access to utilities, and zoning. The new garden locations established in 2009 are then described, including the number of plots at each. Guidelines for plot maintenance and expectations of gardeners are also provided. The document concludes by discussing opportunities to expand the gardens and increase community involvement.
Thanks Santhosh for this PPT. (http://yourstory.in/2013/09/amrutha-dairy-farms-journey-it-to-dairy-farming-santhosh-d-singh/)
I had this in front of me when carrying on the telephonic interview with Santhosh. (https://soundcloud.com/your-story/santhosh-singh-amrutha-dairy)
This document summarizes a diversion-based irrigation programme in Odisha. The key points are:
1) The programme diverts a portion of water from natural water sources like streams and rivers to supply drinking water, water for toilets and bathrooms, and drip irrigation for vegetable cultivation.
2) It aims to provide multipurpose utility through infrastructure creation for water supply, capacity building, and agriculture support.
3) Examples are given of projects that harness water from perennial streams in hilly areas to provide drinking water, sanitation facilities, and irrigation through gravity flow systems and micro-irrigation techniques.
Kenya; Rainwater Harvesting For Increased Agricultural Production In KenyaV9X
The document discusses rainwater harvesting techniques used in Kenya such as roof catchment systems, water ponds, sand dams, and shallow wells which are implemented by the Kenya Rainwater Association to improve agricultural production and access to water. The Kenya Rainwater Association's goals are to promote integrated rainwater management systems and complementary technologies to improve food security, livelihoods, and sustainable development.
This document discusses aquaponics and renewable energy systems. It describes an aquaponics social enterprise that provides components and complete systems. Profits fund research and development. It then explains how aquaponics integrates aquaculture and hydroponics in a low-input, high-output system. A case study of a project called ABLE integrates aquaculture, hydroponics greenhouses, biomass heating, and other renewable energy options like heat pumps. The system is designed for education and as a scalable commercial model.
Report of rainwater harvesting at Panathur Government Schoolbiometrust
Biome Environmental Trust designed and installed a rooftop rainwater harvesting system at Panathur Government School with funding support from Ittiam Systems Pvt Ltd
The Chesapeake Bay-Friendly Horse Farm Project is a public/private partnership that has created a model horse farm for the purpose of identifying and sharing land management practices that benefit horsekeepers and the environment. This presentation by the Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District provides an overview of the project and lessons learned from on the ground conservation practices. To find out more, contact Nicole Ethier Slazinski, Conservation Specialist, at (571)379-7514 or nicoleethier@pwswcd.org
Krishna Lilac is a gated community in Bangalore that implemented a three-pronged integrated water management system due to a lack of municipal water access. The system included water sub-metering to monitor household usage, a rainwater harvesting system collecting 9-12 lakh liters annually to recharge borewells and fill the main sump, and a 50 KLD wastewater treatment plant reclaiming water for gardening and toilets. The system helped reduce water costs and demand, cutting usage from 195 to 165 liters per capita daily and replacing one daily 6,000 liter water tanker on average.
The document describes a proposed waste conversion system for Green Valley Village. It details current waste production levels and available tanks and equipment. The system would accelerate composting and generate methane for fuel. It would treat wastewater for reuse. The location would be a workshop near the CSA farm for access to resources. Waste would be collected weekly from houses and farms and processed in the system under controlled conditions to cultivate microbes. A team would operate and monitor the system while collecting waste. The value of compost tea produced would be proven by marketing it to local farmers.
Pani Panchayat is the name first given to a movement by Mr. Vilasrao Salunke for motivating farmers of Naigaon village of the drought-prone Purandhar taluka of Maharashtra in 1974. The government's inability to deal with the drought situation prompted him to take a 40 acre land on lease from the village temple trust and develop a recharge pond in the recharge area of the village, a dug well in the discharge zone and a lift irrigation system.
This document summarizes the water features and flow patterns on a homestead property located at the base of Wilbraham Mountain in Massachusetts. It identifies three main streams that flow across the sloped property from northeast to southwest, emptying into wetland areas. Soil maps show muck soils in the northern and southern wetlands. The document outlines challenges around water collection and transport for irrigation, and proposes catchment and greywater systems to better manage water distribution across the farm.
The first of 7 Aquaponic food farms is in transit and waiting on the volunteers of #givehopeglobal to arrive to begin set up. Just imagine a self contained food farm producing 600 lbs of tilapia and 200 lbs of veggies to feed the orphans of Cambry.
Microbial characterisation and identification, and potability of River Kuywa ...Open Access Research Paper
Water contamination is one of the major causes of water borne diseases worldwide. In Kenya, approximately 43% of people lack access to potable water due to human contamination. River Kuywa water is currently experiencing contamination due to human activities. Its water is widely used for domestic, agricultural, industrial and recreational purposes. This study aimed at characterizing bacteria and fungi in river Kuywa water. Water samples were randomly collected from four sites of the river: site A (Matisi), site B (Ngwelo), site C (Nzoia water pump) and site D (Chalicha), during the dry season (January-March 2018) and wet season (April-July 2018) and were transported to Maseno University Microbiology and plant pathology laboratory for analysis. The characterization and identification of bacteria and fungi were carried out using standard microbiological techniques. Nine bacterial genera and three fungi were identified from Kuywa river water. Clostridium spp., Staphylococcus spp., Enterobacter spp., Streptococcus spp., E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Shigella spp., Proteus spp. and Salmonella spp. Fungi were Fusarium oxysporum, Aspergillus flavus complex and Penicillium species. Wet season recorded highest bacterial and fungal counts (6.61-7.66 and 3.83-6.75cfu/ml) respectively. The results indicated that the river Kuywa water is polluted and therefore unsafe for human consumption before treatment. It is therefore recommended that the communities to ensure that they boil water especially for drinking.
Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...Joshua Orris
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
Kinetic studies on malachite green dye adsorption from aqueous solutions by A...Open Access Research Paper
Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
Thanks Santhosh for this PPT. (http://yourstory.in/2013/09/amrutha-dairy-farms-journey-it-to-dairy-farming-santhosh-d-singh/)
I had this in front of me when carrying on the telephonic interview with Santhosh. (https://soundcloud.com/your-story/santhosh-singh-amrutha-dairy)
This document summarizes a diversion-based irrigation programme in Odisha. The key points are:
1) The programme diverts a portion of water from natural water sources like streams and rivers to supply drinking water, water for toilets and bathrooms, and drip irrigation for vegetable cultivation.
2) It aims to provide multipurpose utility through infrastructure creation for water supply, capacity building, and agriculture support.
3) Examples are given of projects that harness water from perennial streams in hilly areas to provide drinking water, sanitation facilities, and irrigation through gravity flow systems and micro-irrigation techniques.
Kenya; Rainwater Harvesting For Increased Agricultural Production In KenyaV9X
The document discusses rainwater harvesting techniques used in Kenya such as roof catchment systems, water ponds, sand dams, and shallow wells which are implemented by the Kenya Rainwater Association to improve agricultural production and access to water. The Kenya Rainwater Association's goals are to promote integrated rainwater management systems and complementary technologies to improve food security, livelihoods, and sustainable development.
This document discusses aquaponics and renewable energy systems. It describes an aquaponics social enterprise that provides components and complete systems. Profits fund research and development. It then explains how aquaponics integrates aquaculture and hydroponics in a low-input, high-output system. A case study of a project called ABLE integrates aquaculture, hydroponics greenhouses, biomass heating, and other renewable energy options like heat pumps. The system is designed for education and as a scalable commercial model.
Report of rainwater harvesting at Panathur Government Schoolbiometrust
Biome Environmental Trust designed and installed a rooftop rainwater harvesting system at Panathur Government School with funding support from Ittiam Systems Pvt Ltd
The Chesapeake Bay-Friendly Horse Farm Project is a public/private partnership that has created a model horse farm for the purpose of identifying and sharing land management practices that benefit horsekeepers and the environment. This presentation by the Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District provides an overview of the project and lessons learned from on the ground conservation practices. To find out more, contact Nicole Ethier Slazinski, Conservation Specialist, at (571)379-7514 or nicoleethier@pwswcd.org
Krishna Lilac is a gated community in Bangalore that implemented a three-pronged integrated water management system due to a lack of municipal water access. The system included water sub-metering to monitor household usage, a rainwater harvesting system collecting 9-12 lakh liters annually to recharge borewells and fill the main sump, and a 50 KLD wastewater treatment plant reclaiming water for gardening and toilets. The system helped reduce water costs and demand, cutting usage from 195 to 165 liters per capita daily and replacing one daily 6,000 liter water tanker on average.
The document describes a proposed waste conversion system for Green Valley Village. It details current waste production levels and available tanks and equipment. The system would accelerate composting and generate methane for fuel. It would treat wastewater for reuse. The location would be a workshop near the CSA farm for access to resources. Waste would be collected weekly from houses and farms and processed in the system under controlled conditions to cultivate microbes. A team would operate and monitor the system while collecting waste. The value of compost tea produced would be proven by marketing it to local farmers.
Pani Panchayat is the name first given to a movement by Mr. Vilasrao Salunke for motivating farmers of Naigaon village of the drought-prone Purandhar taluka of Maharashtra in 1974. The government's inability to deal with the drought situation prompted him to take a 40 acre land on lease from the village temple trust and develop a recharge pond in the recharge area of the village, a dug well in the discharge zone and a lift irrigation system.
This document summarizes the water features and flow patterns on a homestead property located at the base of Wilbraham Mountain in Massachusetts. It identifies three main streams that flow across the sloped property from northeast to southwest, emptying into wetland areas. Soil maps show muck soils in the northern and southern wetlands. The document outlines challenges around water collection and transport for irrigation, and proposes catchment and greywater systems to better manage water distribution across the farm.
The first of 7 Aquaponic food farms is in transit and waiting on the volunteers of #givehopeglobal to arrive to begin set up. Just imagine a self contained food farm producing 600 lbs of tilapia and 200 lbs of veggies to feed the orphans of Cambry.
Similar to 2013 ARCSA Rain Catcher Award presentation: Candlelight Ranch (12)
Microbial characterisation and identification, and potability of River Kuywa ...Open Access Research Paper
Water contamination is one of the major causes of water borne diseases worldwide. In Kenya, approximately 43% of people lack access to potable water due to human contamination. River Kuywa water is currently experiencing contamination due to human activities. Its water is widely used for domestic, agricultural, industrial and recreational purposes. This study aimed at characterizing bacteria and fungi in river Kuywa water. Water samples were randomly collected from four sites of the river: site A (Matisi), site B (Ngwelo), site C (Nzoia water pump) and site D (Chalicha), during the dry season (January-March 2018) and wet season (April-July 2018) and were transported to Maseno University Microbiology and plant pathology laboratory for analysis. The characterization and identification of bacteria and fungi were carried out using standard microbiological techniques. Nine bacterial genera and three fungi were identified from Kuywa river water. Clostridium spp., Staphylococcus spp., Enterobacter spp., Streptococcus spp., E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Shigella spp., Proteus spp. and Salmonella spp. Fungi were Fusarium oxysporum, Aspergillus flavus complex and Penicillium species. Wet season recorded highest bacterial and fungal counts (6.61-7.66 and 3.83-6.75cfu/ml) respectively. The results indicated that the river Kuywa water is polluted and therefore unsafe for human consumption before treatment. It is therefore recommended that the communities to ensure that they boil water especially for drinking.
Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...Joshua Orris
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
Kinetic studies on malachite green dye adsorption from aqueous solutions by A...Open Access Research Paper
Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
Improving the viability of probiotics by encapsulation methods for developmen...Open Access Research Paper
The popularity of functional foods among scientists and common people has been increasing day by day. Awareness and modernization make the consumer think better regarding food and nutrition. Now a day’s individual knows very well about the relation between food consumption and disease prevalence. Humans have a diversity of microbes in the gut that together form the gut microflora. Probiotics are the health-promoting live microbial cells improve host health through gut and brain connection and fighting against harmful bacteria. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two bacterial genera which are considered to be probiotic. These good bacteria are facing challenges of viability. There are so many factors such as sensitivity to heat, pH, acidity, osmotic effect, mechanical shear, chemical components, freezing and storage time as well which affects the viability of probiotics in the dairy food matrix as well as in the gut. Multiple efforts have been done in the past and ongoing in present for these beneficial microbial population stability until their destination in the gut. One of a useful technique known as microencapsulation makes the probiotic effective in the diversified conditions and maintain these microbe’s community to the optimum level for achieving targeted benefits. Dairy products are found to be an ideal vehicle for probiotic incorporation. It has been seen that the encapsulated microbial cells show higher viability than the free cells in different processing and storage conditions as well as against bile salts in the gut. They make the food functional when incorporated, without affecting the product sensory characteristics.
Evolving Lifecycles with High Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC) and 3-D...Joshua Orris
The incorporation of a 3DCSM and completion of HRSC provided a tool for enhanced, data-driven, decisions to support a change in remediation closure strategies. Currently, an approved pilot study has been obtained to shut-down the remediation systems (ISCO, P&T) and conduct a hydraulic study under non-pumping conditions. A separate micro-biological bench scale treatability study was competed that yielded positive results for an emerging innovative technology. As a result, a field pilot study has commenced with results expected in nine-twelve months. With the results of the hydraulic study, field pilot studies and an updated risk assessment leading site monitoring optimization cost lifecycle savings upwards of $15MM towards an alternatively evolved best available technology remediation closure strategy.
RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, which is also known as t...vijaykumar292010
RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, which is also known as the Directive 2002/95/EC. It includes the restrictions for the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. RoHS is a WEEE (Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment).
Epcon is One of the World's leading Manufacturing Companies.EpconLP
Epcon is One of the World's leading Manufacturing Companies. With over 4000 installations worldwide, EPCON has been pioneering new techniques since 1977 that have become industry standards now. Founded in 1977, Epcon has grown from a one-man operation to a global leader in developing and manufacturing innovative air pollution control technology and industrial heating equipment.
3. Candlelight Ranch
• Located at 6408 Muleshoe Bend Trail, Marble
Falls
• Outdoor environment for special needs and at-
risk children to learn, play, and heal through the
wonders of nature
• Through active participation in outdoor activities
and contact with nature, their campers build
confidence, self-esteem and skills that support
overcoming challenges in their daily lives
4. Rainwater Harvesting System
Objectives
• Ranch management wanted to use rainwater
to augment their well water supply system
• Main system is a 20,000 gallon cistern that
collects from their 3,000 sf pavilion and
pumps water to the existing well storage tank
• Two other structures collect rainwater into
two 2,500 gallon cisterns to use for irrigation
via hose bibs on the cisterns