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Popsicles Made From 100 Different Polluted Water Sources Grab World’s Attention

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Popsicles Made From 100 Different Polluted Water Sources Grab World’s Attention

"These popsicles might look like the sort of thing you’d expect to find being served from a quirky organic artisanal food truck, but one bite could leave you very ill indeed, because they’re actually made from sewage found in the polluted waters of Taiwan."

"They were made by three design students for the Polluted Water Popsicles project, which aims to raise awareness about rising water pollution due to rapid economic growth and urbanization. Water was taken from 100 different water sources in Taiwan and turned into frozen toxic popsicles before Hung I-chen, Guo Yi-hui, and Cheng Yu-ti from the National Taiwan University of Arts recreated them using transparent polyester resin. They even made wrappers for them that represented the different regions from which the polluted water samples were taken. While the trash in the water was varied, about 90 percent of it was plastic, and the popsicles contain everything from bottle caps and plastic bags to bottles and chopstick wrappers. It’s a simple yet effective way of getting us to think about water pollution from a totally different perspective. Popsicle anyone?"

Colchester woman wants ‘deadbeat’ dam gone

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Colchester woman wants ‘deadbeat’ dam gone

"The sight and sounds of an old stone dam on her property have utterly charmed Colchester resident Kim Scofield.

"Nonetheless, she wants the dam torn down."

"She made up her mind about a year after moving into the old house above Indian Brook."

"That was time enough for Scofield to determine that Mill Pond Dam is too expensive, too hazardous and too disruptive to wildlife passage up- and downstream."

Sewage treatment

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Sewage treatment

Sewage treatment is one of the most expensive and energy intensive services that local governments provide, but also one of the most important. Most sewage treatment is a mixture of mechanical and biological processes - relatively few chemicals are used. This Wikipedia article explains how sewage treatment works - check out also their article on how septic tanks in rural areas work.

How Donald Trump Tried to Cash In by Dumping Sewage Into the Hudson River

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How Donald Trump Tried to Cash In by Dumping Sewage Into the Hudson River

"Donald Trump is loud and boastful on camera, but sometimes he operates more quietly off screen, like when he needed to solve a sewage problem beneath the streets of Manhattan—a problem that mysteriously evaporated one day in 1994, allowing a flood of cash that saved Trump from drowning in debt.
This is a little-known aspect of how Trump bungled the chance to make billions of dollars building on the largest developable tract of land in America’s largest city, a story the late actor Christopher Reeve called “the American dream gone berserk.”
Way back in 1974, when Trump was not yet 30 years old, he acquired control of the old Penn Central rail yards on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. For a song, he had 57 acres of land along the Hudson River that ran 13 blocks from 59th Street to 72nd Street."

Trump Aims To ‘Eliminate’ Clean Water Rule

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Trump Aims To ‘Eliminate’ Clean Water Rule

"President Trump signed documents Tuesday directing the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review the Obama administration's "Waters of the United States" rule. In doing so, Trump said he is "paving the way for the elimination" of the rule."

"Supporters say the regulation is needed to ensure safe drinking water. But a long list of opponents say it goes too far and poses a burden on them. The rule is currently on hold after a stay by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals."

"It was a massive power grab," Trump said as he prepared to sign the documents, surrounded by a group of farmers, homebuilders and county commissioners. "Regulations and permits started treating our wonderful small farmers and small businesses as if they were a major industrial polluter. They treated them horribly."