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Author: Cath Hassell2

Cath does stand-up

Cath does stand-up

Under her stage name of cath-rhymes-with-bath-hassell, (though apparently it doesn’t in London) Cath will be doing a stand-up slot on Jan 16th as part of Engineering Showoff To ensure she actually fronts up she has also set up a site where

Cath Hassell2 December 22, 2016December 22, 2016 Media Read more

December 2016 – how long does it actually take to get clean in the shower?

December 2016 – how long does it actually take to get clean in the shower?

I ask this question since I spent a week in a science lab recently with a stream of eager 7-11 year olds coming in to learn how to be water smart. This was part of Thames Water’s fabulous Water Efficiency

Cath Hassell2 December 22, 2016December 22, 2016 Shower Blog Read more

Saudi Arabia’s water crisis – Saudi Arabia – ech2o newsletter snippet

Saudi Arabia’s water crisis – Saudi Arabia – ech2o newsletter snippet

It’s not just California that is experiencing severe water shortages. Saudi Arabia sits on one of the world’s biggest and oldest aquifers. But a (what is now recognised as) flawed agricultural policy in the late 1970s and ’80s, when a

Cath Hassell2 December 7, 2016October 7, 2021 Water Around The World Read more

Fresh Water Transfer Allocation Agreements or… balloons to Barbados – Caribbean – ech2o newsletter snippet

Fresh Water Transfer Allocation Agreements or… balloons to Barbados – Caribbean – ech2o newsletter snippet

Based on the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) standards the cumulative annual renewable freshwater availability requirement for Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti and St Kitts amounts to 18.7 billion m3, whilst they currently have
just 14.2 billion m3.

Cath Hassell2 December 7, 2016September 6, 2022 Water Around The World Read more

Frankie and her superfans!

Frankie and her superfans!

Frankie has been busy visiting some of her super fans! Sasha, Samantha, Cici, Mimi and LisaMu never miss an opportunity to pose with Frankie the flamingo or her book! Cici and Mimi even coloured in pictures for Frankie, which she absolutely

Cath Hassell2 September 6, 2016October 27, 2021 Frankie on tour, Uncategorized Read more

How Sustainable is Your Oasis?: A Review of Water Resources in Middle East Cities – ech2o newsletter snippet

How Sustainable is Your Oasis?: A Review of Water Resources in Middle East Cities – ech2o newsletter snippet

Just in before deadline day (thanks Ben) this fabulous article by Karim Elgendy about how cities in desert areas historically were founded, where they get their water supplies from, and the challenges for their future. (The image shows date farms in Liwa

Cath Hassell2 July 7, 2016October 7, 2021 Water Around The World Read more

Safa El-Jamal

Safa El-Jamal

Safa does loads of different stuff for ech2o. Very instrumental in getting The mysterious case of the sinking flamingo out into the world. Lives on a canal boat so really knows the value of short showers!

Cath Hassell2 June 14, 2016June 14, 2017 Staff Read more

Kurt

Kurt

Kurt is a number crunching pro. He helped ech2o during his school holiday with data analysis and a whole bunch of school work. Cath forgot to quiz Kurt on his water use while he was in the office and now

Cath Hassell2 June 13, 2016August 14, 2017 Staff Read more

Rainfall data for Australia – it does what it says on the tin! – ech2o newsletter snippet

Rainfall data for Australia – it does what it says on the tin! – ech2o newsletter snippet

Great interactive map of rainfall in Australia, 1900 to the present year by year. With major droughts and major floods highlighted. And this is a timeline of Melbourne’s water supply from 1803 onwards. From Peter Curtain’s blog (as per above).

Cath Hassell2 June 7, 2016September 6, 2022 Water Around The World Read more

How New York gets its water – USA – ech2o newsletter snippet

How New York gets its water – USA – ech2o newsletter snippet

Most of New York’s water comes from the Catskill/Delaware watershed (more than a million acres of land) 40% of which is owned by the state, the city or non-profit organisations. A lot of effort is directed at ensuring the source

Cath Hassell2 April 7, 2016October 7, 2021 Water Around The World Read more
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