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Though looking rather old, this water level regulator is still in use. It is part of the water purification system established around 1882 in order to produce drinking water for Basel, Switzerland.
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The dunes between Monster and Katwijk are crucial for the production and supply of drinking water. This area in the heart of the Randstad, a busy area in the Netherlands near the sea, is also well known for its beauty and offers many recreational possibilities.
The building of the old Lisbon Navy Arsenal.
In front of the buildings there is a set of floating small islands where vegetation grows allowing a natural purification of the water.
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"But it was not, as some had predicted, the end of the world. Instead, the apocalypse was simply the prologue to another bloody chapter of human history. For man had succeeded in destroying the world ...”
('Power Armor' by Funko / Legacy Collection)
"Y'all heard about that crazy kid from Vault 101.”
('The Lone Wanderer' by Funko / Legacy Collection)
Diorama by RK
From Wikipedia:
The Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station, also known as the McNeil Street Pump Station, is a historic water pumping station at 142 North Common Street in Shreveport, Louisiana. Now hosting the Shreveport Water Works Museum, it exhibits in situ a century's worth of water pumping equipment, and was the nation's last steam-powered waterworks facility when it was shut down in 1980.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1982
Lake Biwa ( Biwako )
Lake Biwa is Japan's largest lake, which has a total area of approximately 670 ㎢ and a circumference of approximately 235 km. Its average depth is approximately 41 meters and deepest point approximately 104 meters. It supports an abundance of life and industry around the area widely.
It is also regarded as the third oldest ancient lake in the world, after Lake Baikal and LakeTanganyika,and which is calculated at over four million years old. It was designated as a UNESCO Ramsar Wetland(1993) in accordance with the Ramsar Convention.
- Wikipedia
Water Quality of Lake Biwa
In 1977, a large-scale freshwater red tide occurred in Lake Biwa . However, due to subsequent efforts to improve the lake’s water quality, the inflow of phosphorous has decreased, which has led to reductions in both phosphorus concentration and eutrophication. Meanwhile, however, we have seen the emergence of a new problem: the level of chemical oxygen demand (COD), an indicator of organic matter pollution, has gradually increased in the lake, despite the reduced pollutant inflow into the lake. This gradual increase may be partly attributable to persistent organic pollutants, which are hard to decompose by microorganisms. Based on research findings obtained so far, Shiga Prefecture will promote further studies to see what impacts persistent organic pollutants have on Lake Biwa’s environment, including its ecosystems.
Global warming and Lake Biwa
The average annual temperature of Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture is increasing by 1.2℃ per 100 years. Similarly, the temperature of Lake Biwa’s surface has also been on the rise. Ongoing global warming may be causing new problems for Lake Biwa such as depleted oxygen levels in the hypolimnion of the northern basin Global warming is also considered to adversely affect the lake’s ecosystems, rice and other agricultural products, and people’s everyday lives.
Shiga Prefecture aims to realize a low-carbon society, where greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 will be reduced by 50% compared with 1990 levels. Toward this end, the Shiga Prefecture’s Ordinance to Promote a Low-Carbon Society went into effect on April 1, 2011. Moreover, Shiga Prefecture has drawn up its Roadmap for a Low-Carbon Society, which shows a course for moving ahead while striving for optimal balance between environmental conservation and economic development.
Biodiversity in and around Lake Biwa
The Lake Biwa water system is home to 1,000 or more species of aquatic fauna and flora, with more than 60 confirmed to be indigenous. However,nigorobuna crucian carp (Carassius auratus grandoculis), setashijimi or Seta clam (Corbicula sandai), and other endemic species that are familiar to local residents have been listed as endangered in the 2010 Shiga Prefecture Red Data Book.
The factors contributing to the decline of endemic species include a decrease in the number of spawning and breeding grounds, and increase of invasive alien species, such as largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and blue gill (Lepomis macrochiru). The propagation of introduced alien fish and plants has disrupted the pristine ecosystem of Lake Biwa. In recent years, the agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries have been seriously damaged by wild birds and animals, such as macaque, deer, and great cormorants. In the fishing grounds in Lake Biwa and connected rivers, serious concerns have arisen regarding great cormorants, which eat a large amount of fish and damage fishing implements. At the nesting places of the cormorants, tree branches are broken when they build nests, and trees are killed by the birds’ droppings, causing damage to forests and landscapes.
Biodiversity in and around Lake Biwa
In March 2006, the Ordinance on Symbiosis with Wild Fauna and Flora was enacted. This Ordinance aims to realize harmonious coexistence between people and wildlife by promoting measures to protect rare wild species and countermeasures against alien species and harmful wildlife. Through such legislation, Shiga Prefecture endeavors to achieve optimal coexistence with wild fauna and flora.
Forests and Lake Biwa
In Shiga Prefecture, forests cover 200,000 hectares, i.e. roughly half the total area of the prefecture, accounting for about 60% of the land area. Most rainwater falling in forests surrounding Lake Biwa flows into the lake, which nurtures rich ecosystems and thereby sustains our lives.
In addition to playing these roles as a water source, forests offer a variety of values such as disaster prevention and timber production.
Currently, an increasing number of forests are ill-managed and devastated due to various changes in socioeconomic conditions and people’s lifestyles. If we allow these forests to continue to deteriorate, the subsequent decline in the multifunctionality of forests will have significant impact on our everyday lives. - Shiga prefecture
"In the year 2077, after millennia of armed conflict, the destructive nature of man could sustain itself no longer. The world was plunged into an abyss of nuclear fire and radiation.”
('Power Armor' by Funko / Legacy Collection)
Diorama by RK
"In the early days, thousands were spared the horrors of the holocaust by taking refuge in enormous underground shelters, known as vaults. But when they emerged, they had only the hell of the wastes to greet them ...”
('The Lone Wanderer' by Funko / Legacy Collection)
"In our eyes, defeat is unacceptable because we're fighting for the future of mankind.”
('Power Armor' by Funko / Legacy Collection)
Diorama by RK
Part 1: Trees
Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes is an area between the coastal cities of Zandvoort (North-Holland) and Noordwijk (South-Holland), The Netherlands.
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The Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes have supplied drinking water to the capital since 1853. Before that the people of Amsterdam used to get their water from the canals (the same into which they threw their rubbish). Rhine water is purified by coagulation with the addition of ferric chloride and by rapid filtration in sand and gravel containers. The purified water flows into the dunes and slowly settles into the soil where biological processes ensure for further purification for 60 to 400 days. The dune water receives secondary treatment by aeration, rapid filtration, hardness reduction, ozonation, carbon filtration and slow sand filtration.
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Part 1: Trees
Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes is an area between the coastal cities of Zandvoort (North-Holland) and Noordwijk (South-Holland), The Netherlands.
website | maasvlakte book | portfolio book | getty images
The Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes have supplied drinking water to the capital since 1853. Before that the people of Amsterdam used to get their water from the canals (the same into which they threw their rubbish). Rhine water is purified by coagulation with the addition of ferric chloride and by rapid filtration in sand and gravel containers. The purified water flows into the dunes and slowly settles into the soil where biological processes ensure for further purification for 60 to 400 days. The dune water receives secondary treatment by aeration, rapid filtration, hardness reduction, ozonation, carbon filtration and slow sand filtration.
Marine with the Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, uses a tractor, rubber-tired, articulated steering, multi-purpose (TRAM) vehicle to clean up a training area aboard Camp Pendleton, California, March 6, 2015. The made drinking water by running ocean water through a tactical water purification system during Amphibious Squadron/Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT).
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elize McKelvey/Released)
"Because, in Vault 101: no one ever enters, and no one ever leaves.”
('The Lone Wanderer' by Funko / Legacy Collection)
Clock in rotunda of Filtration Building shows shows the time, the filter backwash conditions and the reservoir tank levels.
The Palace of Purification located in Toronto's east end provides an average of 400 million litres of safe drinking water of Toronto's drinking water - 33% of the Toronto's total water supply.
Clock in rotunda of Filtration Building shows shows the time, the filter backwash conditions and the reservoir tank levels.
The Palace of Purification located in Toronto's east end provides an average of 400 million litres of safe drinking water of Toronto's drinking water - 33% of the Toronto's total water supply.
The Netherlands Andijk.
View on the 126 km long "Westfriese Omringdijk" near the village Andijk. Also visible is the buffer reservoir of drinking water company "PWN", where surface water from the "IJsselmeer" is purified.
Image made with kite and camera.
frank chester is an old friend who is an artist, geometrician, scientist.. he is the discoverer of a lawful seven-sided platonic form called the chestahedron.. yesterday, frank hosted the opening of 'new forms technology,' a donated research laboratory in san carlos, california, to begin work on his discoveries about water enhancement as well as applications to medical and other fields. he is someone who cares deeply about the planet and who is actually doing something to fix things without a thought for personal gain. the organization is non-profit. frank has a seed grant, but, hopefully, he will attract the additional funding and volunteers that he needs to carry on this extremely important work.
heartisticscience.org/ (frank's medical oriented site)
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Part 1: Trees
Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes is an area between the coastal cities of Zandvoort (North-Holland) and Noordwijk (South-Holland), The Netherlands.
website | maasvlakte book | portfolio book | getty images
The Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes have supplied drinking water to the capital since 1853. Before that the people of Amsterdam used to get their water from the canals (the same into which they threw their rubbish). Rhine water is purified by coagulation with the addition of ferric chloride and by rapid filtration in sand and gravel containers. The purified water flows into the dunes and slowly settles into the soil where biological processes ensure for further purification for 60 to 400 days. The dune water receives secondary treatment by aeration, rapid filtration, hardness reduction, ozonation, carbon filtration and slow sand filtration.
It's a messy job on the banks of the Euphrates River for Sgt. Mark A. Berry and his team of Marines June 18, 2006, as they work the reverse osmosis water purification unit at Blue Diamond - just outside of Ramadi. Berry, a 28-year-old native of Dallas, and two other Marines here utilize the system to produce 15,000 to 18,000 gallons of cleaned, purified and chlorinated water every day for Iraqi Security Forces in the area. Without the water, the ISF would be severely limited in their ability to prepare food, shower and otherwise survive as they conduct missions in the region. (Official USMC photograph by Cpl. Daniel J. Redding. 060617-M-7799R-005. Released.)
The Netherlands Andijk.
View on the buffer reservoir of drinking water company "PWN", where surface water from the IJsselmeer" is purified.
The reddish colour is probably caused by a stage in the purifying process, called coagulation and flocculation, when coagulant chemicals such as iron salts cause several simultaneous chemical and physical interactions.
Image made with kite and camera.
(I'm starting to wonder if more than half of my photo stream is becoming pictures of pipes...)
(And does that bother anyone?)
Water filtration in R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant, Toronto; taken during Doors Open Toronto 2012.
blogTO, Morning Brew, July 27, 2012:
www.blogto.com/mb_toronto/2012/07/morning_brew_more_cops_...
Drinking clean, pure water is essential for good health because contaminated water brings a host of diseases. Continuous exposure to contaminants not only causes water -borne ailments but also elevates the risk of chronic conditions.
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Part 1: Trees
Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes is an area between the coastal cities of Zandvoort (North-Holland) and Noordwijk (South-Holland), The Netherlands.
website | maasvlakte book | portfolio book | getty images
The Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes have supplied drinking water to the capital since 1853. Before that the people of Amsterdam used to get their water from the canals (the same into which they threw their rubbish). Rhine water is purified by coagulation with the addition of ferric chloride and by rapid filtration in sand and gravel containers. The purified water flows into the dunes and slowly settles into the soil where biological processes ensure for further purification for 60 to 400 days. The dune water receives secondary treatment by aeration, rapid filtration, hardness reduction, ozonation, carbon filtration and slow sand filtration.
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Minnesota Army National Guard returns fire during react to contact drills, Sept. 12, 2016, as part of exercise Immediate Response 16 held at the Croatian Armed Forces training area of Slunj, Croatia. Immediate Response 16 is a multinational, brigade-level command post exercise utilizing computer-assisted simulations and field training exercises spanning two countries, Croatia and Slovenia. The exercise occurs Sept. 9-23, 2016, and includes more than 1,900 Soldiers and security forces from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Opal Vaughn)
High-Lift Pumping Station, R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant, Toronto, Ontario. The large pumps, pump potable water into Toronto' water distribution system, while the smaller pumps return water to the Filter Building to clean the filters. Taken during Doors Open Toronto 2012. Continuing adventures in HDR with Nik HDR Efex Pro 3.0: two exposures combined, one 'normal' exposure and one exposure at one stop less (-1 stop) to balance the window highlights with the interior (f11 1/6 and f11 1/13).
PNNL scientists study polypyrrole conductive polymer-coated carbon nanotubes grown on a carbon fiber at EMSL, a DOE national scientific user facility located at PNNL. These nanotubes could be used as an electrochemically switched ion exchange electrode for water purification. This work is part of efforts to obtain a high-surface-area electrode for efficient water purification. PNNL operates EMSL, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, for DOE. Image captured by Daiwon Choi, Bruce Arey and Yuehe Lin.
Terms of Use: Our images are freely and publicly available for use with the credit line, "Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory." Please use provided caption information for use in appropriate context.
South Carolina State Guard Soldiers with the South Carolina Military Department, supported Forward Operating Base Palmetto with communications and data cellular services to the tactical operations center for 59th Troop Command, South Carolina National Guard, to continuously monitor status, situation, and transmit to higher among the battlespace within “Operation Guardian Spring,” a field exercise involving multiple South Carolina Army National Guard commands and partner agencies in Eastover, South Carolina, March 31, 2023. Operation Guardian Spring challenged the participating units with tasks and training scenarios supporting the deployment and the conduction of Foreign Humanitarian Assistance (FHA) operations. During the training, the South Carolina Army National Guard units from army aviation, military police, infantry, transportation, engineers, and maintenance operated jointly, replicating the organizational and operational structure of a typical FHA operation. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Tim Andrews)
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Patagonia Shell: lightweight water-resistant wind-proof shell is warm but once it's rolled up and stuffed into it's own hood it's a teensy little pod which takes up astoundingly little space. I think it's the most functional thing I've ever purchased. Sunny day quickly turned to thundering rain? Tropical jungle suddenly freezing cold at night? No problemo. Mine is the Women's WInter Guide style, which unfortunately isn't sold anymore, but this one seemed comparable-ish.
Dry Bag (which also doubles as a compression sack) from Sea to Summit. Lightweight, takes up almost no space and has seemingly endless uses: keeps camera gear dry, makes quick work of converting a giant overstuffed backpack into a carryon-sized parcel, impromptu pillow on long bus rides, etc.
Water Purification Tablets: the one time I actually really needed these, I hadn't brought them. D'oh.
Hand Sanitizer: (or antibacterial wipes). Whatever. Foreign (and domestic) public bathrooms (or lack thereof) skeeve me out, ok?
Extra socks (wool): Surprise! you're hiking through a stream!, it's waterfall season!, etc
Bandana: It's a lens cleaner, a towel, a questionably fashionable accessory, questionably functional dust mask, and ingenious disguise, a back-of-your-neck sunburn preventer, a picnic blanket (for your food at least), possibly a makeshift bandage or a tourniquet in an extreme emergency.
Poncho: (see above: patagonia shell, extra socks, bandana)
Knife (from the LL Bean flagship store): hunting mountain lions, bushwhacking through dense forest, amputating limbs in case of deadly snakebite, playing that game where you try not to stab your fingers. Or, you know.... slicing the tomatoes and cheese or cured meats for a dainty picnic...
Duct tape: for positioning cellphone camera in car window for stop motion animation photography, repairing boots of dumbasses who accidentally melt holes in them by falling asleep while drying them too close to the campfire, and removing the larvae of those crazy amazonian jungle bugs that lay eggs under your skin.
Safety Pins: Impromptu hemline adjustments, or for fixing that annoying thing when the end of the hood string from your hoodie gets lost inside the hole. You know what I'm talking about. Also: emergency fishing?
Headlamp: "The view from the top of this mountain which took us 5 hours to reach is so gorgeous as the sun... sets...."
Zipties, twine: I'd like to think these would aid in the construction of emergency shelter. Maybe using the poncho? Or pine needles? Admittedly, this hasn't been thoroughly thought through.
Sporknife: I just think it looks funny. Mostly helpful in countries where you haven't perfected the cultural art of eating rice and curry with your fingers.
Bandaids, moleskin, afterbite: pout/whine mitigation.
Whistle: calling birds, annoying hiking partners, scaring large predators, alerting search and rescue teams.
Matches: I should probably get those boyscout-y waterproof kind. Or one of those butane lighters But this is what I had lying around.
Not pictured: trail mix (duh!) and a camelbak to pack it all into.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Leonard Sims, an infantryman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Minnesota Army National Guard, pulls security as Montenegrin army soldiers from the 1st Infantry Unit, Montenegro Armed Forces, cross a bridge, Sept. 12, 2016, during react to contact drills as part of exercise Immediate Response 16 held at the Croatian Armed Forces training area of Slunj, Croatia. Immediate Response 16 is a multinational, brigade-level command post exercise utilizing computer-assisted simulations and field training exercises spanning two countries, Croatia and Slovenia. The exercise occurs Sept. 9-23, 2016, and includes more than 1,900 Soldiers and security forces from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Opal Vaughn)
This pocket-sized emergency survival kit is available for U. S. Army Africa travelers. The green and black tube on the far right is representative of a personal water purification device that may be added to the kit after chemical and form and fit testing is completed in the near future. Currently, the kit contains iodine tablets (center) used for water purification. The individual purifier will be added to the kit as an alternative to the iodine tablets.
Photo by Rich Bartell, U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs
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