Author: HydrateLife

Pakistan, Flooding, and Agroforestry

HydrateLife Agriculture, Sustainable Practices 1 Comment

Pakistan is a place with an extreme climate that can go from scorching hot to cold pounding rains throughout the year.  The hottest temperature on the continent of Asia and the fourth highest temperature in the world was recorded in Pakistan at 128.3 F.  It also deals with cyclones and tornados with the onset of the monsoon season from April to July.  However, the most devastating climate related event may be the flooding in Pakistan. In 1950 flooding killed 2,910continue reading

Another Damn Dam: The Grand Renaissance Dam

HydrateLife Dams, Environment 1 Comment

A while back I wrote about the Gibb III Dam in Ethiopia and the efforts by the Friends of Lake Turkana to stop it (FoLT and the Gibb III).  Today I’m going to write about another dam being built in Ethiopia (coincidentally by the same Italian company), the Grand Renaissance Dam.  This dam which was started about a year ago is on the Blue Nile and will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa.  When completed it is saidcontinue reading

Clean Energy: BioPower Systems’ bioWave

HydrateLife Water Technology No Comments

Today people are continually looking for ways to get energy through cleaner means than traditional methods such as coal or nuclear.  However, technologies that have been used for decades under the realm of clean energy, such as dams, are now being questioned because of the negative impacts they have on the environment and people around where the dam is built.  A couple of weeks ago I wrote about water turbines and their huge potential for generating electricity from the flowcontinue reading

Ethiopia’s Lake Koka: The Green Lake

HydrateLife Environment, Health, Water Pollution 2 Comments

Lake Koka in Ethiopia started out as…well, as nothing.  It is a man-made lake that was formed by the damming of the Awash River back in the 1960s.  For many years after the lake was formed it was a place where tourist came to marvel at the beauty and wildlife.  For the thousands of people who live in the area it is used for everything from washing and drinking to irrigation and fishing.  Basically it is the reason that theycontinue reading

A Different way to Treat your Wastewater

HydrateLife Water Technology, Water Treatment 7 Comments

In the never ending quest to clean up wastewater there are thousands of different products that have been invented.  One of these products is called the Living Machine.  It’s less of a product though, and more of a wastewater treatment system.  The Living Machine uses the knowledge that natural wetlands are great filters for wastewater and applies that knowledge to provide an ecological, cost effective, and sustainable solution. The original concept for the Living Machine was thought up during thecontinue reading

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