Why does an Earth that's 60% water Have an absence of clean water??? by ONIOUS GEORGE

Why does an Earth that's 60% water Have an absence of clean water??? by ONIOUS GEORGE https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d (ORGANIZER) en-us 2019-04-26 17:10:43 UTC 2025-10-18 23:59:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f1fa-1f1f2.png HUMANS 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355059966 Human activities are adding unwanted chemicals that are polluting groundwater, and oceans to the extent that it is unsafe for humans and the ecosystems]]> 2019-04-29 15:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355059966 Irrigation 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355062258 Early civilizations such as Egypt and Mesopotamia used irrigation and plumbing systems to extract water from Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile river. ]]> 2019-04-29 15:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355062258 Conservation 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355064483 The idea of conserving water came around in the 1800s.]]> 2019-04-29 15:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355064483 The first conservation organization 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355065819 Gifford Pinchot (1865–1946) founded the conservation movement in the United States in the late 1890s.]]> 2019-04-29 15:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355065819 Pinchot's Effect on America 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355067125 Pinchot had a strong influence on president Theodore Roosevelt who helped steer to conservation policies.]]> 2019-04-29 15:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355067125 Hydroelectric 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355151341 in the 1930s Franklin D Roosevelt hydroelectic projects in Tennesee that aided in flood control]]> 2019-04-29 18:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355151341 Nano tube Carbon Membranes 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355158098 Nanotube carbon membranes can remove almost all kinds of water contaminants, from oil and bacteria to viruses and organic contaminants and they cost less]]> 2019-04-29 18:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/355158098 Boiling systems 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/356259112 Boiling water rids it from all impurities within it]]> 2019-05-02 15:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/356259112 water sanitation 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/357134397 poor water sanitation and posioning from lead pipes was a big factor of the fall of the roman empire]]> 2019-05-06 12:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/357134397 Anoxic Membrane Filter 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358161818 Includes 6 different parts for 6 different reasons.]]> 2019-05-08 17:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358161818 Anoxic Membrane Filter 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358162338 Regulates oxidant potential within the filter]]> 2019-05-08 17:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358162338 Anoxic Membrane Filter 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358163436 Best filtration system yet can even removed dissolved impurities in water]]> 2019-05-08 17:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358163436 Pollution 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358870647 pollution like oil digging is contaminating the water making it undrinkable]]> 2019-05-10 13:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358870647 Mesopotamia water control 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358871399 Mesopotamia used irrigation which is the earliest for of plumbing in the world ]]> 2019-05-10 13:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358871399 Roman Empire 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358872313 One of the Roman Empires main reason that they fell was on the account of their bad water supply]]> 2019-05-10 13:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358872313 Conservation Movement 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358873109 the Conservation movement not only conserved water but the enviroment as a whole]]> 2019-05-10 13:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358873109 Rain scarcity 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358927236 Places closer to the equator like California or Texas have very little amount of rain per year resorting for lakes, rivers, o=and streams, to dry due to consumption and evaporation.]]> 2019-05-10 15:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358927236 Heat conditions 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358929030 Most places with water scarcity are hotter and closer to the equator]]> 2019-05-10 15:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358929030 Population 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358929456 Places with no water also have bigger populations than average countries or regions.]]> 2019-05-10 15:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358929456 Poor 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358929862 Countries with the least amount of water have the most people in poverty and the country's economy is usally below average.]]> 2019-05-10 15:47:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358929862 EVAC Filtration systems 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358961345 A non-toxic blend of food-grade polymers that solidifies hydrocarbons into a rubber-like mass. Constructed of a non-woven geotextile that absorbs 10 times its weight m hydrocarbons, the EVAC is ideal for pumping contaminated water from water discharge systems in tanks]]> 2019-05-10 17:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358961345 What Does EVAC Filter 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358962168 Filters oil based water and separates and absorbs and impurities using geotextiles.]]> 2019-05-10 17:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358962168 Middle east water shortage. 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358968954 the Middle East that face severe water shortages and produce drinking water by desalination of seawater. (contaminating fresh water with salt).]]> 2019-05-10 17:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358968954 Ground water 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358975243 flowing water through soil by the side of a river -- can remove dangerous microbes and organic material.]]> 2019-05-10 17:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358975243 Ground water 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358976000 Improves the taste and smell of water and occurs more naturally]]> 2019-05-10 17:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358976000 Plant filtration 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358979131 The Webber Natural Swimming Pool boasts an organic filtration system which pumps pool water through a system of biological filters -- including 7,000 aquatic plants. The result of a four-year project and $6 million in funding, the pool]]> 2019-05-10 17:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/358979131 Plant filtration 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359566835 This unique water management system is more sensitive than a traditional, chemically treated pool and will require cooperation from the public to stay open]]> 2019-05-13 16:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359566835 Zero Water Filter 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359571925 EPA-certified laboratory test for the reduction of radium, the report revealed that ZeroWater's ion exchange filtering removed 99.6% of radium from five gallons of water with a pH level of 8.5 versus Brita's standard filter at only 6.7%. The 5-stage ion exchange water filtration system has similarly outperformed Brita's standard filter in tests ( ZeroWater vs. Brita Comparison Chart) for the reduction of Lead, Chromium, Fluoride and a variety of other heavy metals.

]]> 2019-05-13 16:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359571925 Radiation 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359574869 More than 170 million people are exposed to radium in their drinking water. That could increase the risk of cancer."

]]> 2019-05-13 16:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359574869 Water Wars 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359575913 Many assume that this will inevitably lead to "water wars" between needy states. A brief look at the historical record, however, shows that cooperation between states over water has been much more prevalent than outright war. At the same time, water scarcity has led to low-level conflict between, and within, states]]> 2019-05-13 16:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359575913 sharing 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359578905 Water does not recognize geographic boundaries. Two hundred fourteen river systems are shared between two or more countries. This can lead to conflict between upstream and downstream nations over water quantity and quality.

]]> 2019-05-13 17:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359578905 Cloud seeding 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359586355 This is a rather controversial method to bring about rainfall in arid regions using chemical substances such as silver iodide. The benefits of this approach have not been accurately measured, nor have the potential negative repercussions.

]]> 2019-05-13 17:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359586355 recycling water 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359587725 Treated wastewater is already being used in Namibia to supplement drinking water, in Israel for nonfood crops, and in California for "irrigating landscapes, golf courses and crops, ...supplying industrial processes and even flushing toilets." Recycling water is a very real option for increasing water supply by using already available water, and will likely be an increasingly popular choice]]> 2019-05-13 17:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/359587725 Cali Conservation 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360397743 In 2016 one of the hottest new sources of drinking water in the United States was coming from an improbable place—sewage treatment plants.]]> 2019-05-15 15:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360397743 toilet water drinkable? 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360398378 Wastewater—the liquid that goes down toilets and drains— can be extensively treated, purified, and turned into sparkling-clean drinking water. As water expert Matt Weiser writes, “It is now possible to imagine a future in which highly treated wastewater will be plumbed directly into … homes as a new drinking water supply”24 However, not everyone is as enthusiastic about the concept of turning wastewater into tap water]]> 2019-05-15 15:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360398378 Pt 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360400061 Reclamation, a government agency that manages the surface water west of the Rocky Mountains, constructed more than 600 dams during 1920s and 1930s, including Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, and Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. East of the Rockies, the Army Corps of Engineers helped put the American public back to work by building dams and other water control structures in the Mississippi River system]]> 2019-05-15 15:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360400061 WAste water 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360400065 The $14 million plant is operated by the Colorado River Municipal Water District, which supplies drinking water to 250,000 people in Big Spring and the nearby cities of Odessa, Snyder, and Midland. The water district plant, which produces up to 2 million gallons (7.5 million L) of freshwater every day, mixes one part DPR water with four parts water drawn from a local reservoir.]]> 2019-05-15 15:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360400065 Titanium x zinc 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360401356 In 2012, when New Hampshire student Deepika Kurup was thirteen, she witnessed problems caused by tainted water firsthand when she traveled with her family to India. As Karup later explained, “I saw kids being forced to drink water that is too dirty. So dirty, that I wouldn't even touch it.… [This] compelled me to try and address the water crisis.” Kurup was passionate about science and understood that two inexpensive chemicals—titanium oxide and zinc oxide—undergo a chemical change when exposed to sunlight. The chemicals produce molecules that attack and destroy certain types of deadly bacteria found in water]]> 2019-05-15 15:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360401356 small filter rooms 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360402379 The systems purify two types of waste: graywater, which is wastewater from bathroom sinks, showers, and washing machines; and blackwater, which comes from toilets, kitchen sinks, and dishwashers. Other sources for on-site wastewater reuse systems include rainwater collected from rooftop surfaces and precipitation that flows into a building's storm drains]]> 2019-05-15 15:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360402379 Cities water sharing 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360443208 cities such as Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles share scarce water supplies with large-scale agricultural regions such as California's San Joaquin Valley. Central California receives only a few inches (centimeters) of rain each year, but with irrigation water imported from the Sierra Mountains and the Colorado River, it has become "America's salad bowl." Much of the produce (lettuce, tomatoes, avocadoes) stocking the grocery store shelves in the United States comes from irrigated fields in the deserts of California and Texas. The Colorado River is so heavily used by the states along its path (Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California) that it contains only a trickle of water where it crosses the Mexican border and it no longer reaches the ocean]]> 2019-05-15 16:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360443208 Disease 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360444349 Waterborne diseases such as cholera, typhoid, typhus, and dysentery thrive where sewers bearing waste from infected persons empty into a public water supply]]> 2019-05-15 16:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360444349 disease 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360445664 Waterborne diseases such as cholera, typhoid, typhus, and dysentery thrive where sewers bearing waste from infected persons empty into a public water supply. Scientists only began to understand the dangers of microscopic bacteria in sewage-polluted water after an epidemic of cholera killed thousands of people in Europe and the United States in the 1830s.

]]> 2019-05-15 16:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360445664 Water quality 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360449976 water contamined by waterborne diseases and protozoans are dangerous and undrinkable]]> 2019-05-15 17:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360449976 Eutrophication 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360452030

The process by which a body of water acquires a high concentration of nutrients that promotes excessive growth of algae. As the algae die and decompose, high levels of organic matter and the decomposing organisms deplete oxygen from the water, causing the death of other organisms, such as fish.

]]> 2019-05-15 17:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360452030 Hypoxia 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360452483 Water with a lack of oxygen in it ]]> 2019-05-15 17:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360452483 Agriculture 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360453769 Agriculture is the leading source of water pollution worldwide. In addition to fertilizers and pesticides that collect in waterways as runoff from storms, animal waste and food-processing waste from farms are major sources of pollution]]> 2019-05-15 17:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360453769 ancient problm solving 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360906093 Early peoples however, usually solved water supply or contamination problems by simply moving their villages]]> 2019-05-16 17:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360906093 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360907307 Throughout history societies have succeeded, in part, because of water management plans that ensured a steady supply of unpolluted water through periods of drought (prolonged shortage of rain) and flood]]> 2019-05-16 17:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360907307 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360909084 The Ancient Greeks constructed drainage systems and huge stone sewers at the palace of King Minos at Knossos on the island of Crete almost 5,000 years ago]]> 2019-05-16 17:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360909084 Water engineering was one of the great hallmarks of the Roman Empire. The Romans built aqueducts, canals, irrigation systems, city sewers, and indoor plumbing throughout their vast empire 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360911525 2019-05-16 17:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360911525 Many archeologists attribute the mysterious disappearancePage 448 of the Anasazi people from the American Southwest to inadequate water supply 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360913564 2019-05-16 17:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360913564 By the 1890s however, European settlement had reached across the entire continent, and the census of 1890 declared the American frontier closed. Unrestricted sport hunting had slaughtered the bison herds of the Great Plains and killed off the flocks of passenger pigeons that once migrated (traveled periodically) down the Atlantic coast. Logging, grazing, mining, and hydropower (power from water energy) development threatened America's most dramatic national landmarks. 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360924680 2019-05-16 18:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360924680 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360925964 Gifford Pinchot (1865–1946) founded the conservation movement in the United States in the late 1890s. Pinchot

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argued that the best use of nature was to improve the life of common citizens. Pinchot's ideas were inspired by his observations of environmental destruction and social inequality that resulted from unregulated wilderness exploitation during the 1800s. He was also influenced by the writings of other nineteenth century explorers and naturalists including George Perkins Marsh and John Wesley Powell.

]]> 2019-05-16 18:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360925964 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360927310 Pinchot had great influence during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (1901–9), and he helped to steer conservation policies from the turn of the century until the 1940s]]> 2019-05-16 18:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360927310 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360929992 Pinchot became the first head of the U.S. National Forest Service when it was established in 1905. Its motto, "The Land of Many Uses" reflects Pinchot's philosophy]]> 2019-05-16 18:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360929992 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360931130 The U.S. government has set aside millions of acres of public land as national forests and parks, and a large group of agencies now manage the nation's natural resources in a scientifically and economically reasonable manner]]> 2019-05-16 18:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360931130 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360931866 The discipline of ecology, the study of communities of plants and animals that live and interact in a specific environment, blossomed as scientists, engineers, and policy makers sought to understand the natural environments they were charged to protect.

]]> 2019-05-16 18:26:26 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360931866 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360932603 Water conservation programs and projects played a major role in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's (1882–1945) "New Deal" plan to revive the United States economy during and after the Great Depression of the 1930s]]> 2019-05-16 18:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/360932603 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361141369 Reclamation, a government agency that manages the surface water west of the Rocky Mountains, constructed more than 600 dams during 1920s and 1930s, including Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, and Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. East of the Rockies, the Army Corps of Engineers helped put the American public back to work by building dams and other water control structures in the Mississippi River system]]> 2019-05-17 12:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361141369 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361255524 Since 2011, record droughts have hit the southeastern United States, the Midwest, and the West. In 2013 California experienced its driest year on record]]> 2019-05-17 16:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361255524 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361256845 In 2016 one of the hottest new sources of drinking water in the United States was coming from an improbable place—sewage treatment plants]]> 2019-05-17 16:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361256845 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361256948 In 2016 one of the hottest new sources of drinking water in the United States was coming from an improbable place—sewage treatment plants]]> 2019-05-17 16:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361256948 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361257912 Wastewater—the liquid that goes down toilets and drains— can be extensively treated, purified, and turned into sparkling-clean drinking water]]> 2019-05-17 16:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361257912 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361258525 However, not everyone is as enthusiastic about the concept of turning wastewater into tap water]]> 2019-05-17 16:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361258525 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361259009 The $14 million plant is operated by the Colorado River Municipal Water District, which supplies drinking water to 250,000 people in Big Spring and the nearby cities of Odessa, Snyder, and Midland]]> 2019-05-17 16:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361259009 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361259086 The $14 million plant is operated by the Colorado River Municipal Water District, which supplies drinking water to 250,000 people in Big Spring and the nearby cities of Odessa, Snyder, and Midland]]> 2019-05-17 17:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361259086 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361260161 The water district plant, which produces up to 2 million gallons (7.5 million L) of freshwater every day, mixes one part DPR water with four parts water drawn from a local reservoir]]> 2019-05-17 17:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361260161 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361261443 Although Big Spring had more than a decade to plan and build its DPR plant, water managers 240 miles (386 km) to the northeast in Wichita Falls, Texas, did not have that option. In 2012 Wichita Falls was facing a crisis: the city of 105,000 could run out of water within three years]]> 2019-05-17 17:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361261443 1053541 https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361264060 The DPR process begins with water that goes down toilets and drains in homes and businesses. This wastewater, called effluent, is contaminated with human waste, soap, detergents, personal care products, and everything else that flows down the drain. Sewers carry effluent to wastewater treatment plants, where it is filtered and cleaned until it meets sufficient cleanup standards as defined in EPA regulations]]> 2019-05-17 17:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1053541/94zje9zoq12d/wish/361264060