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One Latte with Change, Please.

March 4, 2009

Suddenly, they’re everywhere. Jaw-dropping “water footprint” numbers are marching through mainstream media channels, but I have some nagging problems with most examples I’ve seen. One, they usually gloss over how the numbers are [...]

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Buzzards DID foretell water misery for Gladewater!

February 26, 2009

Earlier this week, did you laugh at our juvenile superstitions over buzzards roosting atop the Gladewater, Texas water tower? Did you scoff at our contention that this was an unsettling, [...]

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The Drainage Problem that Grew…94 feet?

February 24, 2009

For every endeavor, there’s a “best of the best” list and if you’re with Roto Rooter, you’d aspire to this one. Each year Roto-Rooter Plumbing and Drain Service surveys 4,000 [...]

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Snitch on that Water Hog the Easy Way

February 23, 2009

Watching your jerk-twerp neighbor thumb his nose at drought-driven water restrictions? Fuming as his sprinklers soak a perfect green lawn, under the cover of night, while washing his giant SUV [...]

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The Good NEW Days: We’re on AllTop!

February 19, 2009

The email last night that put me into respiratory arrest began,
Your site has been added to http://water.alltop.com/
If you’re not familiar with AllTop, it was launched last year by Guy Kawasaki; it aggregates scores [...]

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The aesthetics of recycling: Water Bottle Waterfall

October 12, 2008

If you were at the Nuit Blanche Festival in Toronto, October 4-5, 2008, you’d have been fortunate to have viewed this spectacular installation. “Waterfall” by Katherine Harvey is described as [...]

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