From the monthly archives:

March 2009

High Humor For Water Geeks

March 19, 2009

“Solution” is one of the most beloved classic cartoons from Toothpaste for Dinner, which has tagged itself as “the most addictive comic on the web.” There might be some teeth [...]

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Extreme Water Infrastructure Sports, Amateur Division

March 18, 2009

Geo Contest! Where, oh where? There’s a (modest) prize and heavy praise waiting for the first reader/s who can identify these locations. It looks like reservoir mis-use in the name [...]

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Extreme Water Infrastructure Sports, Part I

March 17, 2009

I know that dams, by design, often create recreational opportunities but I don’t think this was the water sport that designers intended . If you’re a kayak enthusiast with nerves [...]

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How about Sewranee Springs? Effluessence?

March 16, 2009

Yea, marketing! With a strategic sleight of hand, we can plaster a new name over something less pleasant and magically change everyones’ perceptions! Los Angeles is on to this trick, [...]

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Hello, Kitty – My, How You’ve Grown!

March 14, 2009

Two Japanese favorites–Hello Kitty and bottled water–combine in a tacky package that’s sure to appeal to pre-teens and pervs alike. From the set Japan 2009 by Erika Ray on Flickr.

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h2o mp3: Muddy Water from Big River (the musical)

March 13, 2009

The Broadway musical Big River was based on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, and won a Tony Award for Best Musical in 1985. (If one of the [...]

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Viral Challenge for Wastewater Maintenance Staff

March 12, 2009

No, we don’t mean tiny virus contaminants, we’re talkin’ viral video. If you’re among the millions of viewers who sent the hysterical “Will it Blend?” videos to the top of the viral charts, [...]

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Advanced Technology Building Better Water Toys?

March 10, 2009

Economic meltdown or not, progress shall continue unabated in the push for more technologically advanced Japanese toys. “Aqua Dance” from Bandai uses nanotechnology to create a special coating that makes water droplets [...]

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Water Quality Research for (and by) Dummies

March 9, 2009

Taste: recent research conducted both in the U.S. and Europe has repeatedly shown that taste (along with safety and convenience) is a leading motivator for the use of tap water [...]

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