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Water Conservation WaterWiser - The Water Efficiency Clearinghouse WaterWiser is a program of the American Water Works Association. Your premier water efficiency and water conservation information resource. For years now, WaterWiser has been faithfully serving the growing community of water conservation and efficiency practitioners and advocates by continually developing new services that will meet customers' needs. Water - Associations & Research International Water Association (IWA) National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association Inc., USA NOWRA serves all aspects of the industry including governmental regulatory personnel, installers, field practitioners, suppliers, distributors, engineers, research professionals, designers, consultants, educators, soil scientists and manufacturers. National Biosolids Partnership, USA The goal of the National Biosolids Partnership (NBP), a not-for-profit alliance formed in 1997 with the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA), Water Environment Federation (WEF), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is to advance environmentally sound and accepted biosolids management practices. CSIRO: Urban Water Program, Australia CSIRO's Urban Water Program (UWP) is a major collaborative research effort, bringing together resources from CSIRO's Land & Water; Building, Construction & Engineering; and Molecular Science divisions. Its aim is to characterise existing water, wastewater and stormwater systems in an innovative way allowing opportunities for the fundamental improvement in their operation to be identified. This knowledge will provide a basis for reducing the environmental impact of these systems, and an increase their efficiency. United States Environmental Protection Agency, USA Decentralized treatment systems include individual onsite septic systems, cluster systems, and alternative wastewater technologies. EPA has developed this web site to provide tools to help communities investigate and implement an onsite/decentralized management program. Rocky Mountain Institute On water management. Sustainable Urban Water Management, Sweden Sustainable Urban Water Management is a cross scientific programme that involves several different universities and institutions. National Small Flows Clearinghouse, USA Helping America's small communities meet their wastewater needs Cranfield University, UK The School of Water Sciences has been involved in water recycling research in both the industrial and domestic sector for over ten years. Initial work mainly focused on water treatment solutions for industry which would provide the facility to reuse the treated water. Agricultural University of Norway The Agricultural University of Norway is internationally acknowledged for its expertise in agriculture and management of natural resources and environment. AquaTerra: Metaecology & Culture (Journal) "AquaTerra", or Water Earth, is a project of the Water Center, an organization that for the last seventeen years has been concerned about water quality. In its role as water advocate, the Water Center strives to look at water with the broadest ideas of ecological balance & harmony. On-site '03, Sep 2003, Armidale, NSW, Australia Following on the success of On-site '99 and '01, Lanfax Labs will again coordinate the international conference on On-site Wastewater Systems. To be held in Armidale in September/October 2003 at University of New England. This site will be developed over the period October 2001 - June 2002. A Call for Papers will be issued in July 2002. Sarah West's Page Here you will find information on onsite and decentralised sewerage treatment and effluent reuse. WaterMagazine, New Zealand Discussion, innovation, policy, articles, ideas demand planning, water cycle, conservation, re-use, rainwater. watermagazine.com has been published regularly since 1999. The site now contains hundreds of useful links and articles organised in a topic database. [email protected] (Mailing List) A list for discussing urban water recycling in the UK. Sewage Treatment Systems Living Machines, USA Inspired by ecosystems as old as the Earth itself, Living Machines, Inc. designs and operates Living Machines�, revolutionary natural wastewater treatment and reclamation systems that accelerate natures own water purification process. Living Technologies Ltd, Scotland Living Technologies Ltd (LTL) designs and builds ecological wastewater treatment systems in co-operation with various partner organisations. The systems we use are called 'Living Machines�'. Orenco Systems, Inc., USA Orenco designs and manufactures advanced onsite (decentralized) wastewater technologies for individual properties and small communities - properties that are not hooked up to centralized sewers or whose sewers are failing or at capacity. Vericomm Monitoring Systems, USA VeriComm Monitoring System for onsite wastewater collection and treatment. (To watch the demo, put your settings onto small font (IE), or font size 10 (for Nescape). Aquatron International AB, Sweden The biological toilet system Aquatron is a composting toilet utilising ordinary Water Closets. Aquatron Systems combine the comfort and hygiene of a WC system with the ecological and environmental characteristics of a bio-degrading toilet system. Aquapoint, USA Aquapoint is a comprehensive wastewater treatment company focused on markets for small and decentralized wastewater management systems. (Bioclere) Filtralite, Norway Filtralite is a lightweight ceramic particle aggregate designed for and proven to be an excellent material for water and waste water purification. (Leca) Environmental Management, Australia Environmental Management provides services in environmental, economic and water studies, with specialisation in on-site wastewater management. OtterWasser GmbH, Germany OtterWasser GmbH drafts, designs, plans and consults within the fields Dynamic simulation of sewage treatment works Sustainable sanitation concepts and Integrated technology for residential areas. Stone Environmental, USA Stone Environmental, Inc. provides agrochemical contract research, environmental science, wastewater management, remedial site characterization, municipal and natural resource planning, and geographic information systems services to clients throughout the United States as well as internationally. Innoflow Technologies Ltd ITL have experience in the design, installation and operation of hundreds of wastewater treatment systems throughout New Zealand, and Australasia. You can be confident of practical advice and service. Composting Toilets Composting Toilet World Composting Toilet, City Farmer Information on the use of composting toilets in cities is not easy to find. Building and plumbing codes don't encourage installation. Compost toilet systems are more common in parks, roadside facilities and vacation homes. Effluent Re-use / Greywater Graywater and Rainwater use, Arizona, USA Home Use of Graywater, Rainwater. Conserves Water--and May Save Money. An article by Joe Gelt Greywater Greywater is washwater EXCLUDING toilet wastes [blackwater]. Many sanitary engineers maintain that all wastewaters are alike and require the same treatment. This notion is not supported by the research data currently available. There are very significant distinctions between greywater and toilet residues; for how these wastewaters should be treated /managed and why they should not be mixed together.... Greywater Guidelines - Sustainable Building Sourcebook Enlivening Water Hydrovital Hydronic Ecotechnology. Ecotechnology of New millenium. There is no health or beauty without good water. We all depend on it because our bodies mostly consist of it. Further links concerning Water you can find here!

Updated: 10-Jan-03