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Monthly Archives: January 2011
The pond filter experiment
The pond filter has been running for about 7 months now. It has frozen solid twice, however it did thaw out both times and it is still working. The most recent test showed less than 2 coliform bacteria per 100 … Continue reading
State policy on rain barrels and roof water harvesting in Washington state
To clear up misconceptions about the legality of rain barrels, rain water collection and harvesting rainwater in Washington state check these links to the Washington state department of ecology: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2011/016.html http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/hq/rwh.html Please, PLEASE check the Wa. state D.O.E. website links … Continue reading
Just a reminder. . . .
On this blog, questions and comments relevant to roofwater harvesting / rainwater harvesting, biological sand water filters, and sustainable water filtration practices are encouraged. Also questions regarding the content of slowsandfilter.org, roofwaterharvesting.org, and shared-source-initiative.com/biosand_filter/biosand.html will be answered here. Comments are … Continue reading
Science, technology, safe water, biological water filters, and “beliefs”
Thirty eight years ago we had a narrow deep hole dug in the ground to get at the water down there. When we hooked up the pump, and the water ran clear we drank from the well – we trusted … Continue reading