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"If the wars of this century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water."
Ismail Serageldin, Vice-President, World Bank, 1995
Advocating clean water practice based upon appropriate technology and personal responsibility.
Discussion, innovation, policy, articles, ideas.
Have you been willing to pay a thousand times more for bottled water than tap water, even though the water in your bottle, unlike from your tap, has few if any quality standards?
From the Sierra Club - The costs and problems of bottled water. Self-inflicted water privatization.
Pure drink or pure hype? - Study by the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) - Also: News Summary of Study and NRDC Bottled Water FAQ
It's possible to enjoy all the water you need, and still cut down on your water consumption.
The average person in the United States uses between 100 and 250 gallons of water a day. It's possible—and you may have no choice—to get by on a lot less. You should at least have low-flow shower heads and ideally turn the shower off while soaping up, then back on to rinse.
Your toilet should be at least low-flow. Ideally, it would be a composting toilet using no water at all. Waterless urinals are also available, more often seen in commercial establishments.
More advanced, but effective, water-saving techniques include using graywater (from sinks, showers and washing machines) for watering gardens, and xeriscaping using local, drough-tolerant plants that may need no watering at all.
A guide to conserving water from the California Urban Water Conservation Council
For more information, see Water Conservation on our Household page
Dowsing is not just for water, but that's certainly its best-known use. Scoff all you want but dowsers having been finding water for centuries. And not only its location, but its depth and gallons per minute.
Primary U.S. group but interestingly no information on dowsing.
Lots of information from the main British dowsing group.
From the excellent Mid-Atlantic Geomancy site
Excellent site for links to dowsing and pendulum information
From Wikipedia
Interview with a long-time dowser
Find a Property - No Dowse About It?
Interesting article on dowsers and various types of dowsing
These days it's not just the John Birch Society that rails against fluoridation (the Birchers considered fluoridation a Communist plot). Many researchers feel that the fluoride used by municipal water systems is not pure, and that it can cause a great many deterimental health effects.
Information pro and con from Second Look, a national non-profit initiative.
Links to articles opposing fluoridation.
"A compelling challenge to the reigning dental orthodoxy, which should provoke renewed scientific scrutiny and public debate" [book]
Hand pumps require a lot of work but no power. Ram pumps let water pressure do the hard work.
From Lehman's.
An overview and excellent links
If you can find ample, healthy water, you should be drinking lots of it. In fact, some believe dehydration—for which there's no excuse in first-world countries—is a major cause of health problems.
See also our Health page
Using water to prevent and treat health problems.
Your Body's Many Cries for Water
You are not sick; you are thirsty. [book]
Turning community water over to multinational corporations such as Bechtel is being successfully opposed throughout the world. But the battle rages on, and is not always won by the people who feel that access to water should be a basic human right, not a product to be sold.
A Short Update on the Failed Water Privatization in the Philippines
From Manila Indymedia
Public Citizen: Water for All Campaign
Campaigning to keep water as a public trust
Sierra Club: Corporate Water Privatization
Campaign opposing water privatization
Promoting alternatives to privatization
Privatization, Pollution and Profit by Vandana Shiva [book]
If you're lucky enough to have access to water, you still need to make sure it's safe.
Slow sand filters
From Potters for Peace
Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water
Methods from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Silver Ceramic Water Purifiers
Low-cost, high-performance water purification
Solar Water Disinfection Process
An incredibly simple—and free—way of disinfecting water
Treatment of Water to Make it Safe for Drinking
From the Centers for Disease Control.
From Wikipedia. Includes overview of water treatment methods, other purification techniques, and portable water purification.
Water Purification for the Traveler
Obtaining safe water, filters vs. purifiers, selection criteria, comparison of filters.
Water delivered directly to your home at no charge. You just have to catch it, clean it and store it. Assuming you have enough rainfall in your area, it's a way to become self-sufficient.
Billings couple feels satisfaction with home's catchment system
A personal account from U.S. Water News.
System uses any container for rainwater collection.
Information, products, and how to make a rain barrel.
How to use rain barrels for water collection. Excellent overview and specifics.
Background information, water quality, and a variety of products.
Harvesting natural rainwater to quench the world's thirst
Flat-back rainbarrel.
Suggestions from an old Y2K forum.
Rainwater Catchment Systems for Domestic Supply
Design, construction and implementation. [book]
Barrels and downspout diverters.
Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting
Free 66-page ebook (PDF) on rainwater harvesting
Many people believe that water is not just water. It can be dead and lifeless, or it can be filled with energy that vitalizes and nourishes those who drink it. Many feel that our water delivery system "deadens" the water that moves through its pipes, but that this water can be restored in a variety of ways, including using "flowforms", sculptures that create a path and vortex movement that revitalize the water as it passes through the forms.
Sculptures that revitalize water
Flowform products
Links from the National Water Center
Flowforms, fluid flow, the fluent heart
Article
Demonstrating the flowform principle.
Energy Evolution, by Viktor Schauberger
Living water [book]
Viktor Schauberger and the secrets of natural energy [book]
The extraordinary properties of living water by Viktor Schauberger [book]
About Viktor Schauberger
Comprehensive biography and study of his work
From Wikipedia
Dr. Masaru Emoto's website on water and water crystals. His work was featured in the movie "What the Bleep Do We Know?"
Love Thyself: The Message from Water
DVD by Dr. Masaru Emoto
