October 2008
→ George
(27th October 2008)
For some time now, a story has been circulating about how the voters of San Francisco will be asked whether to decide whether to name a local sewage plant after George W. Bush. The media coverage has been consistent: The story is considered to be a) funny and b) perfectly logical. Sewage is the lowest of the low, so it perfectly suits a president with ...
→ Wash
(15th October 2008)
Happy Global Handwashing Day! Don't laugh. Handwashing is serious business. So serious, the all-powerful Centers for Disease Control has a five-step guide to how to do it properly. Handwashing is the third part of the trinity of health and hygiene, along with good sanitation and clean water. If you have all of those things, you cut your risk of diarrhoea, disease and death by ...
→ Sing
(10th October 2008)
Gino Federici, a Las Vegas-based singer, has set up a rather unusual website. Singing for toilets or sanitation is rare but not unheard of: The Mozambican singer Feliciano dos Santos, who sings regularly about water and sanitation, was recently awarded a Goldman Environmental Prize for his efforts. One of his early songs promoted UNICEF latrine slabs and included these lines: "Mothers, listen to ...
→ Pong
(6th October 2008)
Who would be a wastewater treatment manager? Not me. As well as having to efficiently and safely remove all manner of bacteria, viruses, hormones, medical residues, and whatever other crap apart from crap that we put down our toilets and drains, they also have to do this without offending their neighbours. Sewage treatment people spend millions on odour removal, even though as one acerbic American ...