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Do-It-Yourself Sustainable Water Projects
By Paul Dempsey
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Description
People can live without SUVs, jet travel, and numerous other luxuries. But no life, human or otherwise, can survive without our most precious natural resource: water.
Do-it-Yourself Sustainable Water Projects offers a basis for understanding the importance of conserving water, explains how the lack of it affects different regions around the world, and provides practical information on how to collect, store, purify, and drill for this magical substance.
In this easy-to-follow guide, master mechanic Paul Dempsey provides costeffective ways we can reduce or eliminate our dependence on public water supplies. Everything you need to know to create 10 inexpensive water projects is here -- from collecting rainwater and air conditioner condensate to properly drilling and constructing pump systems. These projects are accompanied by step-by-step instructions, drawings, photos, and even sources for inexpensive parts -- so you can do it yourself.
Whether you're interested in becoming knowledgeable about insufficient global water supplies or you just want to conserve water -- from creating a composting toilet to building a rainwater harvesting system -- this book is an effective way to help save our most critical resource.
Do-it-Yourself Sustainable Water Projects includes information on:
10 inexpensive water projects
How to adjust behavior to conserve water
List of resources including web sites, published texts, and vendors
Calculating your "water footprint"
Pumps and related components
Easy-to-follow ways to drill for water
Getting water from air
"Water vulnerability"
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2013-01-30
Publication Date:
2013-01-30
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education TAB
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0071794220
ISBN13:
9780071794220
Weight:
399 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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