We are a family of 4 with two adults and two teenagers. We all take showers every day or two, and my husband and I usually take a bath each at least once a week (I am only sharing this
Bathing in sunshine – Susie Diamond, UK
Running Out? Water in Western Australia – Sarah Bell, Australia
As an academic in urban resilience and environmental engineering I have made a career researching water all over the world. My very first water research started in Western Australia as an eight year old choosing my own school project. Forty
Our 20 year old rainwater harvesting system – Viv Lund, UK
Looking for a new family home in London in 1999 we took advice and found a suburban ‘semi’ that would lend itself to one or two modifications enabling more sustainable use of resources. Within 18 months of moving in, the
I wish I’d been a monk … Warren Liebold, Europe in the Middle Ages
Water Technology in the Middle Ages: Cities, Monasteries, and Waterworks after the Roman Empire, by Roberta L. Magnusson, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. Before reading Water Technology in the Middle Ages I don’t think it ever occurred to
Pneumatic Poo – Philippa Jefferis, UK
What links Cairo, Oman, Gibraltar, Bolivia, Porto and the capital city Yangon in Myanmar with the Houses of Parliament in London? Unless you have really spent a lot of time doing pub quizzes during this Lock Down, then it is
Water at The Graig, Llanidloes, Mid Wales – Chris Lord Smith, UK
Despite living in one of the wettest part of Wales, water and its conservation is of great importance. For example, this is written in the middle of May and for the last 6 weeks we have had no significant rain
Do not use the toilet while the train is standing in the station – Cath Hassell, India and UK
“No more platform No 2s” was a headline in the Guardian back in October 2017 referring to the fact that in 2019 the practice of trains discharging the contents of their toilets directly onto the tracks would stop.[1] A combination
Testing for coronavirus in wastewater – a game changer in the fight against Covid-19? – Cath Hassell, World
We all know that Covid-19 is a respiratory illness and you catch it by inhaling infected droplets, but can the virus that causes it (SARS-CoV-2) be found in wastewater and if so is that a good or a bad thing?
‘Open defaecation free Nepal’ – Philippa Jefferis, Nepal
Nepal declared open defaecation free country, so the headline proclaimed from The Himalayan Times (https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepal-declared-open-defaecation-free-country/). My mind instantly turned to a recent memory, while I was at our project site in Humla. I had been playing peek-a-boo with a cute,
Water in Florence – Axel Alabi, Italy
Italy is composed of many beautiful areas, from the vast farmed hills in Tuscany to the spacious beaches in Sicily, not forgetting the rich history preserved in Rome. It is also home to a rich culture forged through hundreds of