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CANOE Money: Sectors - Mining giant BHP Billiton to build $3.5 billion water plant in Chile

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:00:04 -0000

SANTIAGO, Chile - BHP Billiton is seeking approval to build a $3.5 billion US water desalinization plant to service its Escondida copper mine in northern Chile, one of the world's top sources of the metal, a company spokesman said Saturday.

Tags: bhp mining water

Posted by: bennett

90% Of Israeli Homes Have Solar Water Heaters | MetaEfficient

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:49:14 -0000

I recently noted that Hawaii has enacted a law that requires all new homes to install solar water heaters. Eventually, Hawaii may have as many water heaters as Israel, where 90% of homes have solar water heaters installed. When viewed from above, the Jerusalem often glitters with the shine of the thousands of solar heaters that adorn rooftops.

Tags: solar trends water

Posted by: bennett

Machine pulls drinking water from the air

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:10:42 -0000

this new so-called Klimatic Base 1 AirWater Machine does its share of inventive (but not entirely unique) water purifying nonetheless, with it promising to pull drinkable water out of the air. That's done, as you might have guessed, with the aid of an apparently standard dehumidifier, which gets paired with several filters and a UV light chamber that the company says will eliminate any bacterial content that might be in the water.

Tags: trends water

Posted by: bennett

Iron and copper: “More sustainable than modern materials”

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:09:32 -0000

This all comes from these chaps, Tuscan Foundry Products, who have done some ‘research’ that says, the whole life cost of copper and cast iron rainwater products is a third of that of PVC and Aluminium over a 100 year life cycle.

Tags: aluminium copper trends water

Posted by: bennett

UK to give waterless washing machine a spin | Environment | Reuters

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:24:43 -0000

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Basic resource (in this case water and energy) availability is a growing concern for governments, businesses and consumers worldwide. It seems logical that there will be increased use of designs in consumer goods which use relatively less resource. posted by bennett

Tags: energy trends water

Posted by: bennett

IEEE Spectrum: New Water Technology Headed for Parched Places

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:10:03 -0000

Next month an Australian-led coalition is expected to unveil a project to build experimental water-purification reactors in drought-plagued northeastern Australia.

Tags: trends water

Posted by: bennett

Energias Alternativas e Renováveis: São Paulo quer energia solar obrigatória para novas construções

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:09:26 -0000

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São Paulo - Daqui a poucos meses, projetos de edificações que entrarem para aprovação na prefeitura de São Paulo terão de obedecer a lei 14.459/07, que obriga o uso de aquecimento solar.

In few months the new buildings in Sao Paulo should use water solar heating according to the law 14.459/07. posted by ggarcia

Tags: heating solar water

Posted by: ggarcia

Spluch: World's Largest Swimming Pool

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:34:47 -0000

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the San Alfonso pool is 1km in length. The revolutionary clear water artificial lagoons, transparent to a depth of 35 meters and unprecedented in design and construction methods

Tags: water

Posted by: ingenheiro

Making Water From Air

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:46:37 -0000

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The device works by cooling air quickly without using outside energy through a set of turbines. Wind blows through the turbines which then power a series of refrigerated plates. As the air passes over the plates, water condenses onto them and is shed quickly by forcing it to bead and roll into a water collection tank.

Tags: water

Posted by: ingenheiro