Fab Five Links

Water film winners, drugs in our waters, and trees capturing rainwater | Friday Fab 5 Links

November 4, 2011 Fab Five Links

Here are the Friday Fab 5 links for the week of October 31, 2011. This week is a special video edition of the Fab 5 Links. 1. Fun and Games Recently, the winning short films of the Intelligent Use of Water™ Film Competition (IUOW) were announced. The film competition is held annually by Rain Bird. [...]

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Reclaimed water, Smart cities, and Fracking for gas | Friday Fab 5 Links

October 21, 2011 Fab Five Links
Dos Rios Wastewater Treatment Plant outfall

Here are the Friday Fab 5 links for the week of October 17, 2011. 1. Reclaimed Water Use in San Antonio This NPR audio story reports about San Antonio’s efforts to use reclaimed water to supplement some of the city’s water needs. San Antonio’s River Walk is vital to the tourism industry for the city. [...]

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Moving flood waters, Las Vegas reversing conservation, Desalination economics, and funny water ads | Friday Fab 5 Links

September 30, 2011 Fab Five Links
Heavy flooding in Maryland from Tropical Storm Lee

Here are the Friday Fab Five Links for the week of September 26, 2011. 1. Moving flood water to drought areas Have you ever thought, “Why don’t we just build a pipeline to pump the excess water during flood events to areas experiencing drought?”. With the storms and floods happening in the east and the [...]

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Friday Fab Five Links: Wearable rainwater collection, cutting off water to farmers, and Dog Doogity

September 16, 2011 Fab Five Links
Rainwater collection coat

Here are the Fab Five links for the week of September 16, 2011. 1. Catch rainwater with your coat, purify it, and drink it on the spot This link comes to us from students at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design. For one of their class projects, Hyeona Yang and Joshua Noble created a coat [...]

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