WIP Editorial
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Cryptocurrency And Water
11/18/2022
With the meltdown of FTX and the price of Bitcoin sinking to a quarter of its high water mark of over $64,000 in value (now maybe two bit Bitcoin?), I decided to resurrect my 2018 post Is Cryptocurrency Going Down the Drain?...
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Giving Voice To Water...
11/11/2022
As a new member of #WWEMA and a first time attendee at their annual conference, I have to say that Executive Director Vanessa Leiby, her staff and the board of directors led by Chairman Vince Baldasare delivered on their mission to be the voice of water and wastewater technology providers.
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Celebrating 50 Years Of (Mostly) Clean Water
11/3/2022
October 18, 1972, the day the Clean Water Act (CWA) became law, was undeniably a pivotal moment for the state of water quality in America. From where we stand now, 50 years later, it's hard to imagine a time when polluters were dumping contaminants freely into environmental waters — enough to set a river on fire! Here we recall the six key 1972 amendments that defined the CWA, accompanied by some recent themes related to each one.
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Bubble, Bubble Toil And Trouble
10/31/2022
With this being Halloween, I figured I would paraphrase the Song of the Witches from Shakespeare's Macbeth to continue my reporting on how bubble technology can play a major role in water treatment applications.
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Does Your Waterbody Need A Doctor?
10/26/2022
Just as you go to the doctor in the case of a bacterial infection — typically resolved with a round of antibiotics along with monitoring to assess symptoms and tests to prove good health — your lake or waterbody must be treated similarly for its bacteria problem. It’s not one pill and then you’re cured.
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5 Job Search Tips For Water Professionals
10/25/2022
When my friend Björn Otto published a recent post in his newsletter Water. Technology. Marketing., I told the story of how I used business cards during job searches. Remembering this hack compelled me to post the successful job search tips I have used throughout my career...
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Water Is Technology
10/7/2022
When we think of high tech, we typically think about electricity. Fair enough. But power up a deeper search and you'll see how integral water is to the high-tech world.
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All For One And One For All — For Water's Sake
9/9/2022
Societal well-being is hugely dependent on a clean and available water supply, which is becoming increasingly dependent on community engagement and education.
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Water Is Money
8/9/2022
"Why isn't water free?" Not surprisingly, that's a common query on Google — common enough that there are some outstanding responses right at the top of the screen when you type it in. After all, water is everywhere. And because it's vital to survival, we see it as a human right, linked to a moral imperative different from any other commodity. Of course, there are significant costs tied with pumping, conveying, metering and, perhaps most importantly, purifying the water we pay for. So, although we tend to undervalue water compared to its importance, we do have to pay something for it. Or, as my friend Steve Bhaerman likes to say, "water is a we-source, not a free-source."
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Addressing Water Scarcity Through Innovation
7/22/2022
Conduct a search for “hydropanels” and you’ll find many references to one source — or SOURCE, actually, as this is the company spearheading the revolutionary technology, which uses solar energy to provide a safe and consistent supply of drinking water by drawing water vapor out of the sky.