Today, February 18 (JST), is one of the 24 solar terms, Rain Water (Usui in Japanese). #usui #rainwater #24solarterms

本日2月18日（日本時間）は二十四節気の1つ・雨水（うすい）です。 #usui #rainwater #24solarterms

Rainwater From the Road to the Garden - Most small-scale, residential rainwater harvesting systems we’ve seen rely on usin... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/15/rainwater-from-the-road-to-the-garden/ #greenhacks #foodforest #stormwater #rainwater #suburban #biology #garden #trench #farm #soil

In April 2024, more than 9 million residents of Bogotá, Colombia’s capital city, were told to #collect #rainwater
– if the city was lucky enough to experience a storm️
Fed by the Guatiquía River, the Chingaza reservoir system, which supplies the area with 70% of its water, had reached critically low levels.
To make what was left stretch through a dry spell with no clear end in sight, authorities divided the city into nine zones.
Every day, one of the zones would go dry for 24 hours.
No toilet would flush.
No glass of water would be filled from the tap.
Dishes would have to go unwashed.
Bogotá Mayor Carlos Galan told residents they should
be prepared to live with the water restrictions for a year.
“The call is to take care of every drop of water,” the mayor’s office said, according to CBS News.
A month later, 2,000 miles away in Mexico, the Cutzamala system of reservoirs reached historic lows.
The water reserves supply a substantial portion of water to #Mexico #City’s 22 million residents, who faced mandatory rationing.
Bogotá and Mexico City’s stories mirror those of cities across the globe.
The amount of water stored in lakes worldwide has drastically and steadily decreased since 1992, according to a 2023 study published in the prestigious research journal Science.
During those 30 years, freshwater lakes collectively lost an average of 600 cubic kilometers of water storage annually
– 17 times the volume of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States.
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/how-cities-run-dry/

Oooh, new dystopian job description has dropped: "water harvester"

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-city-rainwater-harvesting-climate-change-women-iztapalapa-cf61986c929c49fb75243a31ed29358d #MexicoCity #drought #rainwater #rain

LEAVE IT TO HUMANS TO NOT ONLY SH*T WHERE THEY EAT -- WITH HARD TO BREAK FLUORINE-CARBON BONDS! GOOD JOB HUMANS! MAYBE CONSIDER ALL POSSIBLE OUTCOMES BEFORE MAKING STUPID DECISIONS!

‘This is #Chernobyl’: #Texas ranchers say ‘forever chemicals’ in waste-based fertilizers ruined their land

Story by Rebecca Lopez
April 28, 2024

"Ranchers here say their cattle, fish and horses are dying and getting sick because of a fertilizer spread on nearby farmland.

"The fertilizer is made from treated human waste from the city of Fort Worth.

"The company that makes the fertilizer says its products meet government standards.

"County officials have launched a criminal investigation, and ranchers are suing, saying runoff from the fertilizer has made their land useless."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/this-is-chernobyl-texas-ranchers-say-forever-chemicals-in-waste-based-fertilizers-ruined-their-land/ar-AA1nT27M

#PFAS #PFOS #WaterIsLife #WaterPollution #PFASPollution #PFOA #PTFE #Wildlife #Cancer #Contamination #Chemicals #Environment #FoodPackaging #Plastics #FireFightingFoam #Firefighters #Health #Mining #Lubricants #Electronics #Cosmetics #PFNA #PFHxS #PFB #GenXChemicals
#Toxic #DowChemical #DuPont #3M #BASF #Teflon #RainWater #DrinkingWater

#Permaculture instructor #AndrewMillison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to the Northern border of #Senegal to see an innovative land recovery project within the Great Green Wall of #Africa that is harvesting #rainwater, increasing #food security, & rehabilitating the #ecosystem. #restoration https://youtu.be/WCli0gyNwL0

What an environmental mess...#Rainwater Is No Longer #Safe to Drink, Study Says #ClimateCrisis
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a40859859/rainwater-not-safe-to-drink/

Six-Million-Year-Old Groundwater Pool Discovered Deep Under Sicilian Mountains
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https://phys.org/news/2023-12-six-million-year-old-groundwater-pool-deep-sicilian.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01077-w <-- shared paper
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[this was fascinating to read, especially as I have a deep interest in Sicily’s fascinating history including back to neolithic, cultural components & interactions, geology, food and drink (!), geographic setting, geomorphology, archaeology and so much more – and I want to live in the old part of Ragusa one day…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #groundwater #water #hydrology #model #hydrogeology #geology #sicily #italy #deepgroundwater #marine #saltwater #Mediterranean #aquifer #3dmodel #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #aquifer #freshwater #rainwater #waterresources #well #groundwaterwell #meteoric #recharge #sealevel #coast #coastal #research

Re-imagining the Water Supply - Getting freshwater supplied across cities and towns in a reliable and safe way is ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/10/15/re-imagining-the-water-supply/ #climatechange #greenhacks #rainwater #plumbing #offgrid #pumps #water #pvc

#RedFoxes outside my backyard fence this morning, A belated #SilentSunday on a Monday morning.

"The Three Mouse-keteers" are happily playing and catching #FieldMice. Last year, we only saw two #Foxes at a time, and I haven't seen any for a while now. Glad to see the local pest control patrol is still on the job.

Also happy to see them playing like happy puppies. They know they're safe and welcome in our neighborhood.

(Location: #AuroraIllinois USA, near #Chicago, population >200K. The open, mowed-grass area is officially for excessive #rainwater run-off, but is mostly used for kids & animals to run around & play.)

Hooray, my #rainwater pump worked for 4hrs today on #solar ! Built a little dashboard to keep track of its work.

Ile-de-France gives 20,000 euros to households willing to collect rainwater

A personal water reservoir can be beneficial both for their wallets and for the environment

Subsidy covers expenses related to the purchase and installation of the rain collector. The subsidy cap has been set at 50% of the cost of installation.

https://www.themayor.eu/en/a/view/ile-de-france-gives-20-000-euros-to-households-willing-to-collect-rainwater-11735

What are peoples thoughts and experiences of treating rainwater stored in barrels/butts if they are going to be used for vegetables. It hadn’t previously crossed my mind but appeared when researching expanding my rainwater collection (now up to 520L )
#gardening #rainwater #solarpunk #allotment

An image for your files. Curb cuts in arid suburbs make smart use of storm runoff on streets to support a thriving landscape & recharge #water tables. Image via Brad Lancaster / #Rainwater Harvesting

Question: How to store water locally without plastic?
I could use buckets to catch water from the roofs I have... but wondering what else there is... I should know but I don't :)

from #Rainwater #harvesting ideas
https://social.synergetic-design.com/@leo/108719042805521661

"Smart gardening without coding - all free and open source" is an interesting and inspiring article about how to set up an automated watering system using a rain barrel to collect #RainWater, a #RaspberryPi Zero W, #FOSS software from nymea.io and some hardware sensors and modules: https://www.hackster.io/michael_zanetti/smart-gardening-without-coding-all-free-and-open-source-76b126