Maureen Stapleton, General Manager of the San Diego County Water Authority provided a presentation at the September Rice Club Luncheon. Topics included a general overview of the Water Authority and its major programs and projects, a water supply update and information on water rates.
Maureen Stapleton, General Manager of the San Diego County Water Authority provided a presentation at the September Rice Club Luncheon. Topics included a general overview of the Water Authority and its major programs and projects, a water supply update and information on water rates.
The Polder Block is an ongoing research of Alexander Sverdlov and David Koezen. The research aims at development of modern housing types actively enganing both the community of people and the landscape.
How housing project could introduce new dimensions of sustainability? How the housing market could adress wishes of the individuals in a better way? How to balalnce the individual and the collective?
In this project water living, leisure lifestyles and diverse ecologies come togehter as a proposition for a new community.
The Polder Block is an ongoing research of Alexander Sverdlov and David Koezen. The research aims at development of modern housing types actively enganing both the community of people and the landscape.
How housing project could introduce new dimensions of sustainability? How the housing market could adress wishes of the individuals in a better way? How to balalnce the individual and the collective?
In this project water living, leisure lifestyles and diverse ecologies come togehter as a proposition for a new community.
This is an overview of the documentary by photographer and filmaker Norman Seeff. "Triumph of the Dream" is a behind the scenes look and the scientist and team from JPL who were responsible for putting the twin rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) on the face of Mars almost 8 years ago.
A 10 step system for getting exactly what you want. This was an "accelerated" version of the program. It will help with isolating exactly what you want; whether it's clients, employees, funding, new business, or advisers. This is a simple system that can be quickly and immediately implemented.
4. Less than 1% Water forforCup of Coffee
1,18773 of Water Is Available for Drinking
2,900 Gallons A Pound of Beef
37 gallons SavesElectricity
Gallons for 1 Blue Jeans
Lives
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7. I’ve seen the water disappear taller
than… a 13 Story Building.
We use water 14 times
faster than the natural
Texas
rate of replenishment.
More than 130 Feet
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8. And The Problems Just Keep Getting Worse
Our Demands For Water
Exceeds our Supply
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9. At Times if Feels So Hopeless?
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13. How Would I Do It?
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14. What Wastes the Most Amount of Water?
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15. An Aha! Moment
Opportunity to create
animation, cartoon,
comic strip, etc. from
Characters and
story.
Additional
characters could be
introduced in the
future.
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16. Flushing the Toilet!
Over 220 Million Standard Flush Toilets Still Exist.
EPA WaterSense
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17. WEP$ Factor (Water, Electricity, Pollution Matter, $avings)
Flushing Impacts the Environment
• 13% of the nation’s electricity consumption1
• 5% of all U.S. carbon emissions1
W ater E lectricity P ollution $ avings
73 Billion
1.7 Trillion Gallons 18.4 Billion Metric Tons
kWh to process 2
Pollution matter2 $10.3 Billion
72B Tons CO2
Spent on Flushing
125K Tons SO2
165 Billion Gallons 210K Tons NOx
Water to cool2 7K Tons PM10
Source; 1. Idaho Rivers Unlimited 2. 4.3K Tons VOCs
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19. “Drop” the Box in to Save Water!
Get my Friends to use the Treasure Chest as a
way to save Drops of Water- The “Drop” Box”.
Displace and Save
½ Gallon per Flush
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20. How the DropBox Works
Installation:
① User flushes toilet ① Water returns to fill line
② Drops capture box ② Capture box fills with ½
in Tank gallon of water, anchors
into place
Displac
e-ment
Box
⑤ Water returns to fill line
⑥ Fresh water co-mingles
with displacement box
water to prevent bacteria
build up Displace-
ment
Box
③ User flushes
④ ½ gallon is withheld from
drain in capture box*
* ½ gallon of water weighs four pounds.
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21. Impact from WEP$ Factor- ½ Gallon Saved
A Household of Four
Annual Impact Equivalent
Would Save the
Following: Save
= 17 weeks of laundry for
Water 4,092 Gallons a family of four
energy
(100 loads @ 40 gallons x 6 loads
per week)
= 3 months of energy to
Energy 41 kWh power a laptop
(0.06 kWk / hour x 8 hours x 30
days) Save
energy
= Not driving to work 104
Polution Matter 983 metric lbs days a year
(8 lbs per average 12 mi commute
x 50 weeks)
= 3-4% savings on
$avings $25-$54 water/ sewage bill
($600 to $1,600 a year for
family of four)
Estimated cost for water and sewage average of 50 cities $4/1000 gallons (average) to $14/1000 most expensive cities , and
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22. I Know One Person Can’t Do It Alone
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23. I’m not Alone!
Over 220 Million People Want to Make a Difference.
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24. Recruit Lots of Friends to Help!
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25. What if we had 10 Million Superheros;
Tremendous Savings on…
Water
45 Billion Gallons
Electricity
500 Million kWH
Pollution
5.5 Billion Tons
Savings
$254 Million
Sources: “Water: The Epic Struggle For Wealth, Power and Civilization. Charity:Water. CBS America Stands on Water 1/8/2010.
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26. 45 Billion Gallons fills a Wal-Mart*
4,909 Times!
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27. That’s a Whole Lot of Water!
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28. We Don’t Want To Change The World
We Want To Involve The World In Change
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