This blog was originally entitled cute animals in showers. But I thought I would take a leaf from the UK Government, prove that frankly I don’t know my arse from my elbow, and just chuck a pig’s ear of a
June 2020 – go to work, don’t go to work
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
Be Water Smart this Summer with Frankie the flamingo!
Frankie the flamingo is off solving a couple of new cases – The mysterious case of the frog in the toilet cistern and The mysterious case of the leopard that changed its spots. Super exciting if a little confusing trying
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
May 2020 – beach showers
This is my 92nd shower blog! Can’t quite believe I have got this far without blogging about beach showers. ‘Why ever not?’ I mused. But having spent the last 1.5 hours googling pictures and info and getting hardly anywhere, I
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?
April 2020 – the Kelda shower
Despite being in lockdown have found a shower I didn’t know about! It’s called the Kelda shower and has a flow rate of just 4 litres/minute. There are a pile of them installed in the London Aquatics Centre in the
Sewer workers in Pakistan – Pakistan – ech2o newsletter snippet
Sanitation is such an important job and yet in many countries across the world the people who clean the sewers face discrimination, incredibly unsafe working conditions and are poorly paid. This excellent report highlights the issues faced by sewer workers in Pakistan
Living in the sea – virtually – Philippines – ech2o newsletter snippet
Fascinating short film about the inhabitants of Ubay Island in the Philippines. After an earthquake in 2013 lowered the island by a metre, the island is flooded by the sea at high tide for four hours a day. The islanders were offered
Turning fire hydrants into public water fountains – USA – ech2o newsletter snippet
There are 118,000 fire hydrants throughout New York. A fire hydrant can release 4,500 litres of water per minute when fully opened, so recreational use may cause the network to lose pressure, potentially reducing the system’s capacity to quench fires.