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Ostia Antica, Roman Empire. Water flowed in a sewer channel under the stony seats. Citizens would gossip and share a cloth scrubber soaked in water mixed with vinegar and/or salt (on a good day). Ahhhh, good times.

The Flush Toilet: Time for IT to Go?

by Marian Swift

published 14 months ago

Our humble friend, the flush toilet, has been with us in some form or another ... though not always close or convenient ... since the ancient civilizations of the Indus Valley, Minos and Rome. Now interesting times are upon us, and conserve we must. But how? This particular water activity is, well, harder to hold back on than most. This Hub will delve into a couple of alternatives for relieving this dilemma.

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Coca Cola Company's Abuses in India

by Jen Wa

published 5 months ago

How the world's biggest soft drink producer harms the poor and the environment.

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Natural Green Landscaping

by sespegal

published 2 days ago

I was thinking about a comment that a friend of mine made to me a couple of years ago when she said, “I think people hate nature”. I was a bit surprised but not in total disagreement, however I...

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Is there global water shortage?

by thisayakorn

published 2 years ago

Water is certainly in short supply across the world from the driest continent of Australia to the richest underground fresh water supply of USA. BBC news depicts a very gloomy picture on world water crises or...

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Linking of Rivers

by easegiri

published 4 months ago

Lets discuss generally the situation in Tamilnadu. Recently except some parties in Tamilnadu and almost all people of tamilnadu who were showing genuine concern on Tamilians genocides in Sri Lanka for...

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Wars Over Water

by Shalini Kagal

published 3 months ago

Will these be the wars to come? There are many experts who believe that water, not land, natural resources or religion will be the reason that nation rises up against nation in the years to come. Now why on...

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The Tropic of Capricorn. Most of Australia is temperate rather than tropical

Grey Water in the Land of Oz

by hot dorkage

published 5 months ago

My family has been living in Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria for a few weeks. It's the middle of winter here (July), and Melbourne is a coastal city. It is about as far south as you can go...

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Water shortages create new industry Great business opportunity

by thecollecktor

published 2 months ago

Todays news in many areas of the US is not good for car owners who like to drive clean cars. Water shortages have become common for areas in Florida, Washington, Texas ......... Bans on car washing are...

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the importance of water

by create a page

published 4 months ago

There are many theories of the origin of water. I am not a scientist, so I will not discuss any of those theories here. What I will discuss however, is what the Bible says about water. It states that...

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Is a Rainwater HOG the Solution to California's Water Shortage?

by GreenMathDr