{"id":196,"date":"2011-08-21T23:13:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T04:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/?p=196"},"modified":"2017-03-05T10:14:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T16:14:53","slug":"why-read-water-conservation-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/why-read-water-conservation-blog","title":{"rendered":"Why should you read the IWS blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome to the blog for Innovative Water Solutions!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are a design\/build firm that specializes in water conservation technologies. The intent of this blog is to be a resource for people concerned about water and related topics. Since I am a civil engineer, I specifically want this blog to provide people a solid understanding of civil engineering and how civil engineering systems affect their daily lives. I really believe this is important especially as we move into a future where these systems will become hot topics in our communities due to water scarcity, infrastructure repair, and urban growth. In a recent study, about 77% of Americans <a title=\"Americans could not accurately identify source of water for their homes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.org\/newsfeatures\/media\/pressreleases\/more-than-three-quarters-of-americans-dont-know-where-their-water-comes-from.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">could not accurately identify the natural source of the water used in their homes<\/a>. This statistic may be appalling but we totally understand, life gets busy and people don&#8217;t have time to figure out how a wastewater treatment plant works. In addition, the civil engineering industry doesn&#8217;t make a good public relations effort.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mk-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/waterfall-of-knowledge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-223 size-medium\" style=\"margin: 10px; border: 5px solid white;\" title=\"Waterfall of Knowledge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/waterfall-of-knowledge-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Waterfall of knowledge\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/waterfall-of-knowledge-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/waterfall-of-knowledge-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/waterfall-of-knowledge-266x266.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.watercache.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/waterfall-of-knowledge-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Since <a title=\"Innovative Water Solutions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.watercache.com\" target=\"_blank\">Innovative Water Solutions<\/a> specializes in the design and installation of rainwater harvesting systems, we want to bring focus to the practice of rainwater collection. Over the past few years, I have seen a huge increase in the number of &#8220;content farm&#8221; sites pop up and have posts about rainwater harvesting and other topics related to water conservation techniques. Most of these articles are just fluff pieces and don&#8217;t provide any benefit to its readers. This blog wants to combat the amazing amount of misinformation in these content farm articles.<\/p>\n<p>The following are some of the various topics you will find in this blog:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Civil infrastructure and particularly sustainable infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>Stormwater regulations and their differences across the US<\/li>\n<li>Rainwater harvesting including how-to&#8217;s and the science behind it<\/li>\n<li>Water conservation topics from agricultural irrigation and low-flow showerheads<\/li>\n<li>Embodied water and the secret shipping of water around the world<\/li>\n<li>Graywater reuse and how it can save our civilization<\/li>\n<li>Green building practices and how water plays into them<\/li>\n<li>Reclaimed water use: facts and myths<\/li>\n<li>And many other water topics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope that you enjoy our blog and we hope to provide you with a better understanding of water systems in our world and in our societies.<\/p>\n<p>Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the blog for Innovative Water Solutions! 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