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Author: Cath Hassell2

Toilet to tap in California – USA – ech2o newsletter snippet

Toilet to tap in California – USA – ech2o newsletter snippet

Excellent article about recycled wastewater  in California where intensifying drought has meant the utilities are increasingly relying on sewage to generate the state’s water needs. Twenty years ago, Los Angeles County spent millions on a recycled wastewater plant only to shut

Cath Hassell2 July 7, 2021September 6, 2022 Water Around The World Read more

Cyclones in the Indian subcontinent – India – ech2o newsletter snippet

Cyclones in the Indian subcontinent – India – ech2o newsletter snippet

Interesting video about rapid intensification of cyclones – a phenomenon that is occurring more frequently and is driven by climate change. 90% of the current heating of the earth is being absorbed by the oceans, and this heat is being held in

Cath Hassell2 July 7, 2021October 7, 2021 Water Around The World Read more

June 2021 – not waving but drowning, the real deal

June 2021 – not waving but drowning, the real deal

I love this statement sooooooo much I use it often. In fact I have even written a shower blog called ‘Not waving but drowning’ before. Though, re-reading the blog I have no idea quite why I called it that. The

Cath Hassell2 June 30, 2021July 7, 2021 Shower Blog Read more

May 2021 – when the cold shower runs hot

May 2021 – when the cold shower runs hot

Normally, if hot water comes out of the shower when you have set it to cold you think, ‘bloody plumber!’ And usually you would be right. Happens to the best of us. Plumbers that it. Though to be fair isn’t

Cath Hassell2 May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 Shower Blog Read more

Leaky loos – why it’s not as simple as faulty flush valves

Leaky loos – why it’s not as simple as faulty flush valves

If you listened to The Great Leaky Loo Scandal aired on Costing the Earth, Radio 4 (aired Sept 2020) you would be forgiven for thinking that if only flush valves were banned and the WC siphon (a flushing mechanism that

Cath Hassell2 April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 Technical blog Read more

April 2021 – Sid the Spy

April 2021 – Sid the Spy

On the day that MI5 announce they are opening an Instagram account I thought it was a good a time as any to blog about Sid the Spy. Is this a new app, I hear you ask, that checks out

Cath Hassell2 April 22, 2021May 5, 2021 Shower Blog Read more

Bathing in sunshine – Susie Diamond, UK

Bathing in sunshine – Susie Diamond, UK

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

Cath Hassell2 April 22, 2021 Water Around The World Read more

Asparagus growing in Peru  – Peru – ech2o newsletter snippet

Asparagus growing in Peru  – Peru – ech2o newsletter snippet

‘Where there is no engineer’ is an initiative from The Dublin Institute of Technology and Engineers Without Borders, Ireland. It focuses on community resilience and one particular case study looks at asparagus production in the Ica region of Peru. Most

Cath Hassell2 April 7, 2021September 6, 2022 Water Around The World Read more

Buy ‘The mysterious case of the leopards that changed their spots’

Buy ‘The mysterious case of the leopards that changed their spots’

RRP: £5.99 You can buy through us directly. £7.50 including postage and packaging. Just email us at: info@ech2o.co.uk and we will sort the rest. If you are a school, or want to buy multiple copies, we offer a discount. Again,

Cath Hassell2 March 25, 2021November 25, 2021 Leopards that changed their spots latest Read more

Lisa, Lexi and Leroy the leopards explain stuff!

Lisa, Lexi and Leroy the leopards explain stuff!

In ‘The mysterious case of the leopards that changed their spots’, Frankie, in a multi-tasking kind of way learns about tippy taps, drip hoses and compost as well as solving the mystery. She’s such a star that flamingo!   There

Cath Hassell2 March 25, 2021 Leopards that changed their spots latest Read more
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