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alternative water.pdf

harvesting smaller rains.html

water and the whistle blower.wmv

community action on water.pdf

eco-education.html

Water at the eco village.wmv

solving the water crisis vol 1, Vol 2vol 3vol 4, vol 5

 

Global warming and the water crisis

In this web site we look at new technologies for adapting to the ever increasing water crisis.

Global warming may not be absolutely proven but you would have to have rocks in your head to think that we can happily assume we carry on as normal. Humanity may be at risk, but risk is part of life and we survive by learning to adapt.

The most widespread effect will be the shortage of water and food (from the lack of irrigation water). Much has already been said and is being done. Our Governments are certainly, (if somewhat belatedly), taking the risk seriously and implementing plans, such as desalination plants, recycling, water grids, building more dams etc. But how effective are these plans?

We cannot say they are wrong, how can anyone criticize the beneficial reuse of waste water and sewage that was once dumped into the sea, polluting our beaches and wasting a valuable resource. The problem is not doing the wrong thing but a failure to do the right things. The current approaches are essentially engineering solutions, which are fine in there own way but we need to spread our thinking and implement alternative solutions, such as biological solutions.

That is what this web site is about, looking at alternative solution to the effect of global warming on our supply of food and water. We look at three key technologies.

 

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Solving the Water Crisis (DVD)

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Links to Wicking beds

global warming

trailer_katie keeps her cool.wmv

wicking bed history.html

wicking worm beds.pdf

wicking worm bed.pdf

shade house.pdf

 

The wicking bed technology

The wicking bed is the most important, it enables us to grow food with a lot less water, it can be used to harvest water otherwise lost and particularly it can actually capture carbon from the atmosphere. 

The wicking worm bed is a highly productive growing system which not only produces more food from limited water, but also recycles waste organic material to provide plant nutrient and capture carbon.

The essence is to form an underground reservoir of water or pond contained by a waterproof container or liner below the surface.   Water wicks by surface tension to feed the plants.

See also the shade house for the easy grow system.

 

Katie keeps her cool -
wicking worm beds and global warming
(DVD)
trailer adaptive scheduling.wmv

adaptive scheduling.wmv

anticipatory irrigation.html

schedule talk.doc

anticipatory irrigation.mp4

Adaptive scheduling.pdf

Anticipatory irrigation by adaptive scheduling

Anticipatory irrigation it the technology of integrating irrigation with the natural rainfall cycle to help make better use of natural rainfall.  The first part of the process is to find out the water consumption of the plants eg the effective crop factor.  This is achieved by an adaptive or self learning process. 

 Future evaporation is then estimated from weather forecasts so with an accurate figure for the crop factor the future needs can be predicted and the correct water applied.

This technique also simplifies deficit and partial root zone irrigation systems.

anticipatory irrigation by adaptive schedulng
(DVD)
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