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Great Moments in Politics: Water Joke Faux Pas

June 8, 2010
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I’ve been accused of tactlessness on occasion but even I wouldn’t have repeated this one! However, since U.S. National Security Advisor Gen. James Jones (Ret.) already did (while giving the key note [...]

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Eco-Absurdity: The Water-Soluble Wedding Dress

May 18, 2010
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What a dilemma: say you’re a greenie bride, and you’re tortured because, after your big day, there’s no recycling outlet for your wedding dress. And it’s not compostable, either! Reuse [...]

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Big-Time Water Utility Advertising for a Tiny Audience

May 17, 2010
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Looks like our local utility has placed an ad! A full page ad in the newspaper! On Sunday! Too bad almost no one under 50 reads the paper anymore in [...]

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TP! Please RT!

May 13, 2010
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We’ve already noted the twittering water meter and the twittering toilet; naturally it was a matter of time before someone twittered from the toilet. Now if this doesn’t prove the [...]

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Bermuda Rooftops: Pretty, and Pretty Effective

May 10, 2010
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Let’s hop off the innovation train for a moment, people! It’s so easy to get carried away with the “gee whiz” of new technology and approaches we often fail to [...]

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Save Ferris, But Trash the Tower

May 9, 2010
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Yes, it is time to mourn yet another iconic Eighties reference point. The Northbrook, Illinois water tower made famous in the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is under threat of [...]

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The Next Big Thing: Toilet Tank Billboards

May 4, 2010
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You see just a plain toilet. A visionary entrepreneur, though, sees a new space available to make money with ads. The 15,000+ attendees at the PPAI* Expo in Las Vegas [...]

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Water Economics for your Left Brain

April 15, 2010
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Water economics, the design version: visualeconomics.com presents us with some selected stats with pretty, colorful pictures…just the way we like it!

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Behold, The Fantastical Anti-Water Device

March 30, 2010

What if? What if there were a technology that repelled water, similar to magnets with like poles? And, what if there were a talented 3D animator who attempted to visualize [...]

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