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[jaubaius]

How to make the most out of the flooding in Auckland NZ

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[unseeliej]

Thundersnow -- a rare (and powerful) phenomenon.

The other day, my area was witness to a very rare weather phenomenon: thundersnow. This occurs as a thunderstorm where snow falls instead of rain. This happens for the same reason that regular thunderstorms happen but is rare because very cold air is dense and not as likely to rise as warm air. For this reason, you need some special circumstances for it to be cold enough to snow and allow air to…

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#magic #magick #snow #stormwater #water #water magic #Witchcraft

[bumblebeeappletree]

By planting the rain before you plant (with water-harvesting earthworks) you will be able to harvest ALL free waters (such as rainwater, stormwater, greywater, air conditioning condensate, or in this case—broken water line runoff) that exist or appear on site.

We had just completed the passive water-harvesting earthworks (but had not yet planted them) at the Tumamoc Resilience Garden when a water line above the garden burst in the night, and filled the earthworks. The big flow from the broken pipe took the path of the stormwater that the garden and its earthworks were designed to capture. All worked wonderfully! No water was lost—all was harvested within the rain gardens.

In this video Brad Lancaster shows you the captured water, and describes nuances of his design that can help you with your passive water-harvesting designs and implementations.

The site is in the dryland city of Tucson, Arizona where average annual precipitation is 11 inches. Filming was done May 10, 2022 in the middle of our hot, dry season. Summer rains usually come the end of June or early July.

Get more info on how to do this and harvest many other free, on-site waters at:

https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/

where you can buy the new full-color editions of Brad's award-winning books, "Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond" at deep discount direct from Brad at:

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Passive water-harvesting design by Brad Lancaster

Expert backhoe work by Little John Exacavating

Expert rockwork and finishing work of the earthworks by Dryland Design

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#waterharvesting

#permaculture

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[anniekoh]

L.A.’s ‘Green Alley’ Experiments Are Working (2023)

The project, built in collaboration with the Trust for Public Land, was part of a bigger vision for a network of similar infrastructure throughout the neighborhood. South L.A. has about 300 miles of alleyways — about one-third of all the alleys in the city — and due to the combination of low-lying land, paved-over surfaces, and aging sewer infrastructure, it also has the city’s second-highest rate of flooding complaints. The green alleys, once there were enough of them, could help. Mendez said yes, his neighbors did the same, and within two years, the muddy, uneven asphalt was gone. Now just beyond Mendez’s back fence is an attractive right-of-way signified by green-and-white-striped poles planted with citrus trees at each entrance. Students from the elementary school across the street help maintain the alley through regular clean-ups, and Mendez says he feels comfortable walking his dog there, even late at night.

As wave after wave of atmospheric river storms slammed the city over the last month, green alleys like Mendez’s were put to their first real test. The city received as much rainfall between the start of the rainy season in October and the end of January as it usually gets by the end of April. But as that deluge pummeled South L.A., the resulting stormwater had more opportunities to sink back into the earth: filtering through a row of permeable pavers, directing to pocket planters where creeping fig vines twirl up garage walls, or vanishing into grates labeled “drains to groundwater.” One alley even has a center-running bioswale where tiny notches along the curbs nudge water into rectangles of drought-tolerant landscaping. Mendez’s corner of the neighborhood fared well — no water issues, he said: “Right now, it’s okay.”

Meet the Equipo Verde: allies for alleys (2016)

The Trust for Public Land’s Avalon Green Alley demonstration project aims to repurpose nearly a mile of neglected alleyways in South Los Angeles into a walkable, bikeable, beautiful public resource. Sonia is part of a growing group of dedicated locals—mostly moms and grandmothers from her Avalon neighborhood—who are digging in to make the vision a reality.

#los angeles #green infrastructure #public space #stormwater

[motherperera]

Patio in Chicago Outdoor patio shower - large courtyard stone outdoor patio shower idea with a pergola

#meadow #stormwater #concrete #native plants #outdoor shower

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Dark Forest Resident: Peanutfur

Aliases / Nicknames: Peanut-brain, Traitor, Number-one Dad

Gender: trans tom

Sexuality: pansexual, polyamorous

Family: Pumpkinmallow (mother), unnamed father, Gulltuft (brother), Rosykit (adopted daughter), Stormwater, Thornspeckle, Blazesnow, Iceheart, Nettlefang (former mates)

Other Relations: unnamed mentor

Clan: Thunderclan

Rank: warrior

Characteristics: killed former mate in revenge for his daughter. Stole prey to resurrect his daughter

Number of Victims: 1

Number of Murders: 1

Murder Method: blunt force trauma

Known Victims: Stormwater

Victim Profile: former mate

Cause of Death: killed by Rosykit

Cautionary Tale: ??

Story:

He loved everyone with every fiber of his being.

When Rosykit was found, he took care of her, and tried to ignore the way she looked at other kits like they were freshkill.

When he came to the nursery and found it smeared with blood and the remnant of her denmates, he had asked Rosykit what had happened, his voice raising to fever pitch.

She had looked up and said, calmly, “there was a dog.”

Like a fool, he believed her, and helped groom her blood-matted fur.

His mates didn’t believe Rosykit or him. They left him for each other, and soon, Stormwater moved into the nursery with a fresh litter of kits courtesy of Nettlefang.

Or, he had a fresh litter.

One after the other, Stormwater’s kits died, and he started yelling at Peanutfur, blaming him for the deaths. Nettlefang came to his aid, but Stormwater kept blaming Peanutfur.

Gulltuft came to help, helping with Rosykit and keeping her safe, but even the most watchful of cats has to take a break at some point.

His little Rosy, dead. Her blood coating the den floor, Stormwater staring down at her in shock.

He left the Clan. He had to leave, and never come back. But first, he killed Stormwater. Crying as he did it, apologizing even as blood coated his fur. He took Rosy with him, so she wouldn’t be buried by the Clan who had killed her.

During his flight, he briefly shared an old rabbit warren with a warrior named Sapfur, who spoke of a ritual to bring back the dead. He warned, however, that the thing that came back would not be all there, that his Rosy would have to feed daily on flesh.

This didn’t faze Peanutfur.

He started killing that night.

Not cats, of course.

But prey. All kinds, from the smallest shrew to a chicken from a twoleg backyard. He piled the bodies high, and completed the ritual.

He didn’t think she’d wake up so hungry.

As his little Rosy drained him dry, he soothed her, calling her his precious, and telling her that he was so blessed to have her as a daughter.

Additional Information:

--Submission by @ambitiousauthor​

--Rosykit only kind of cares about him.

--Stormwater didn’t kill Rosykit.

--He’s a chimera! Hence the gold and brown eyes.

--His design was adopted from Chloriineacid on Etsy.

--Ref by Turukhan

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[statutorysignage]

ON-SITE STORMWATER DETENTION SYSTEM SIGN

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#statutorysigns #statutorysignage #stormwater #signage #digicraft #statutorysignsbydigicraft #localcouncilrequirements #detentionsystem

[magnificentpaperfest]

Sponge city

#sponge city #uebanism #flood #sewer #stormwater #rain garden #bioswale #Youtube

[hydrizon]

Storm water drain wave power attenuator

#waveenergy #wavepower #stormwater #drain #Youtube

[jointscouplings97]

Sewer Construction Large Diameter Gravity Flow Pipes

Linking gravity sanitary sewer pipes with Joints Calder Repair Coupling. Pipe lifted into air has two sections held together by Joints Calder Repair Coupling. Designing took into account weight on each side coupling, flow, and overall us fullness once in ground.

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[wavinasia]

Stormwater management solutions

You can build the best stormwater management solutions using the best-quality pipes and fittings from Wavin India. They have a wide range of pipes, like PVC, UPVC, HDPE, and PE pipes. They use the best material to manufacture pipes and fittings.

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[mccarthyplumbinggroup]

Case Study – EPA Site Improvement Notice on Dangerous Chemical Storage

How to assess and maintain controls to reduce environmental pollution risks at your commercial premises

Site Improvement Notice given by Environmental Protection Authority Victoria

How do you safely store over 5 million litres of expired hand sanitiser, one of the waste products of the Covid Pandemic? That’s the question one of our industrial clients in Melbourne had when they came to us for a plumbing consultation and rectifications after receiving an EPA (Environmental Protection Authority Victoria) Site Improvement Notice on their facility.

Our client had received a contract to store a gargantuan amount of expired hand sanitiser in large containers. The sanitiser, classed as dangerous goods, is comprised of 60% alcohol, meaning it is out of date 3 years from manufacturing date. The chemical is highly flammable and must therefore be stored appropriately.

Storing Expired Hand Sanitiser is a Nationwide, and Worldwide, Problem

In June 2023, Cleanaway received a fine for $18,492 by the EPA for accepting hand sanitiser without recording and reporting the waste. In this example, the EPA stated that ‘we have fined the company $18,492 for its records management failure. It’s a reminder to all businesses to track and record wastes in line with EPA publication 1827.2 Waste classification assessment protocol.”

Again in September 2023, Cleanaway received an EPA fine for transporting hand sanitiser without properly logging the movement of the chemicals. The $30,000 fine was due to the company again not recording the sanitiser as a reportable priority waste (RPW) on the EPA’s Waste Tracker System.

WA Today recently reported that the WA Health Department recently contracted Cleanaway to collect, transport and dispose of 130,000 bottles of expired sanitiser at a cost of $187,000. The NSW education department contracted Cleanaway to do the same a few months back at a cost of $536,000.

Achieving EPA Site Compliance for our Client

Our client was contracted to store 5 million litres of expired hand sanitiser. The sanitiser is currently housed in a 25,000m² newly built storage facility. The client received an EPA Site Improvement Notice requiring immediate rectification. They contacted McCarthy Plumbing Group for guidance as they were unsure of the process on how to achieve compliance.

In the initial stage of discussions on gaining EPA compliancy, we walk our clients through the process, variations and give examples of our history of EPA compliance rectification works. In this instance, the storage facility was being changed from a standard storage facility to a dangerous goods facility, given the contents of the containers (expired hand sanitiser including highly flammable ingredients such as ethanol).

As a part of the required facility upgrades in order for our client to accept 5 million litres of highly flammable chemicals, we needed to complete a site assessment to confirm the facility had been installed as per the builder drawings and was compliant. We needed to ensure there were no restrictions in access, depth and size of the existing pipes as this would pose risks and require additional safety processes and hazard prevention controls.

We obtained copies of the current ‘as built’ civil/stormwater drawings from the builder and thoroughly reviewed them. We also visually audited the site to confirm everything correlated as per the drawings.

Our main role in the rectification of changing the site from standard facility to dangerous goods facility was to ensure all stormwater points had isolation valves installed in the event of a spill, fire or other emergency. An isolation valve is a critical component in stormwater management. It allows for the rapid shutdown of the stormwater system in emergency situations, preventing potential environmental hazards and ensuring the safety of personnel and the facility. Stormwater isolation is crucial to prevent dangerous goods and contaminants from entering the stormwater drainage system during emergencies such as spills or leaks.

The two isolation valves used were selected based on our site audit and conditions. We conducted a Dial Before you Dig to get a site map of existing legal points of discharge (LPoD) from the site to cross reference with the civil/stormwater drawings. The emergency stormwater isolation valves were then installed using the following process:

Prepare the base of the pit and apply concrete filler to create a smooth surface for valve to bond to.

Install fasteners to the face of the pits in preparation for the valve installation.

Organise franna crane to lower valves down into position.

Secure valve to face of pit.

Extend isolator shaft to ground.

Provide signage and valve key to isolate in the event of emergency.

After installation, a custom 15 page standard operating procedure manual was created and site training occurred for select team members. The training ensured team members could isolate the stormwater drains using the valve in the case of an emergency.

The EPA carried out a site inspection, in which our installation was compliant, and our client achieved the required rectification for the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) within three weeks of receiving a site improvement notice, ensuring no further breaches or fines.

I’ve been issued with an EPA Improvement notice, what do I do now?

McCarthy Plumbing Group will act as ‘first responders’ in assisting you with assessing and maintaining interim controls given to you by the EPA Authorised Officer. These controls may include capping of legal points of discharge to the stormwater outside of your boundary, installing isolation valves, educt and clean contaminated stormwater pits, assist in nominating an Environmental Consultant, installing bunding, clear stormwater pipes for assessment with a hydro-jet, assess stormwater collection using CCTV drain cameras, and give general plumbing and stormwater advice.

We can then assist your chosen Environmental Consultant to action the tasks in your site improvement notice and/or stormwater management plan including engineer control to stop trade wastewater/chemicals discharging beyond the boundary of the premises, design a stormwater management system (this can include preparation of groundworks/sealing, surface water controls, flow directions, drainage, sumps, pumps, valves, retention volumes, pipelines, legal point of discharge and attenuation systems).

If you have received an EPA site improvement notice, compliance notice or any other remedial notice and require assistance in navigating the requirements to achieve compliance, McCarthy Plumbing Group can assist in preventing further or potential water pollution occurring from your site by assessing and controlling risks to stormwater drains past your legal point of discharge.

We are situated in the Laverton North industrial area in close proximity to Kororoit Creek, Ryans Creek and Cherry Lake and are geographically central in location to assist businesses across Melbourne’s west and inner suburbs in ensuring stormwater management system compliancy. We are expert environmental protection plumbers working collaboratively with environmental consultant plumbing experts. To discuss your site improvement plan and stormwater management plan queries on 03 9931 0905.

#plumber #melbourne plumber #hot water #melbourneplumber #plumber near me #plumbing #Environmental Protection #Stormwater #stormwatermanagement

[bumblebeeappletree]

On August 11, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new water strategy that plans for California having 10% less water by 2040. The strategy includes capturing and storing more stormwater, while also recycling and desalinating brackish water.

‘The hots are getting hotter, the dries are getting drier and ... the wets are getting wetter,’ said Newsom.

This video was made with support from Climate Power.

#Earth #Environment #ClimateCrisis #NowThis

#now this earth #now this #Solarpunk #USA #california #Gavin Newsom #water #stormwater #rainwater harvesting #water harvesting #climate power #climate crisis #global heating #Youtube

[mind4everinthegutter]

Front Yard Brick Pavers An example of a mid-sized rustic shade front yard brick driveway in summer.

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[goodsam-ai]

#ai #Stormwater management #Blockchain #Blockchain governance #Stormwater