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As a water cycle sub-sustem our challenge is the reuse and recycle of the existing water sources of Texel Island by providing a sustainable development but also aware the people about the problem.   Research question: 1)Is it possible to use RainWater Harvesting systems in TEXEL in order to provide the island with clean water? Is it this solution efficient according to the annual precipitation?

got RAIN and get WATER Within the last decades, water consumption has significantly increased. More specifically, every year the water demands are rising around 50billin m^3 [1]. As a result, different ways of water recycle are in a highlight.   One direct, efficient, innovative, alternative and cheap solution, is the water harvesting . The main steps of a rainwater harvesting system are to…

… Once upon a time , in ancient times, people established their permanent settlements around water sources like rivers or lakes, in order to have access in water for their needs. I n this time, the purification of the water was determined by the taste and the visual observation. The visual cloudiness /turbidity was the driving force to start the water treatment method in early 4000BC. Ancient…

Bicycle is the world’s most efficient transport device. However, if we consider with another point of view, the bicycle is a cheap, easy and sustainable power supply for myriad products. Here, I am presenting two practical, creative and innovative ways that bicycle can be used related to water mainly in the developing countries.   1. Mobile Filtration Vehicle One billion people in the world don’t…

Dear Santa Claus,   Christmas is coming soon and I am looking forward to your visit. This year, I have only one thing on my list and this is related to you! A new, sustainable workshop for you. Have you ever consider, how much sustainable are you? Although you have done a truly wondrous thing by delivering toys to children all over the world, year after year, I have some doubt related to the…