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Saturday, September 9, 2023

26 womps by 7 photographers in Voxels. See the whole week.

SersteSersteLegend2,204 womps · 6,518 karma0x20da1…77c5dbottega di Serste23 Snowman Palace+19 Sep 2023

read the reportage on veza.news! 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 (𝐶𝐶𝐼𝐽) - 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚 - 𝐸𝐷𝐼𝑇𝑂𝑅𝐼𝐴𝐿: 𝑌𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑎 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘, 𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝑀𝑎𝘩𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑖 - 𝐷𝐴𝑇𝐴: 𝑆𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑠, 𝑌𝑢𝑥𝑖 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑔 - 𝐷𝐸𝑆𝐼𝐺𝑁 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝑉𝐼𝑆𝑈𝐴𝐿𝑆: 𝐽𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐷𝑢𝑑𝑧𝑖𝑎𝑘, 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡 𝐿𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑠 Built & curated by Serste

read the reportage on veza.news! 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 (𝐶𝐶𝐼𝐽) - 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚 - 𝐸𝐷𝐼𝑇𝑂𝑅𝐼𝐴𝐿: 𝑌𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑎 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘, 𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝑀𝑎𝘩𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑖 - 𝐷𝐴𝑇𝐴: 𝑆𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑠, 𝑌𝑢𝑥𝑖 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑔 - 𝐷𝐸𝑆𝐼𝐺𝑁 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝑉𝐼𝑆𝑈𝐴𝐿𝑆: 𝐽𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐷𝑢𝑑𝑧𝑖𝑎𝑘, 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡 𝐿𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑠 Built & curated by Serste𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬, the Goreangab Water Reclamation Plant (GWRP) became the first in the world to produce purified drinking water directly from sewage water.𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐏𝐑 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 2.5 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, they’ve been using this technology in their capital city, Windhoek, for 55 years – and with great success, too.𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 – 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐫𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 – 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 2001, and during that time, water use on the river has outstripped supply by 33.6 million acre-feet. That’s bad news for the Southwest, home to some of the fastest growing cities in the United States.𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 – 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭 – 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞. --- Running 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California, the river – once dubbed the “West’s plumbing system” – meets the drinking water demands of 40 million people across the United States and Mexico, in addition to irrigating 5.5 million acres of farmland, according to the Colorado Water Conservation Board.𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 ‘𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’ . . . 'Direct potable reuse, or DPR, eliminates pollutants and contaminants from sewage water through a multi-barrier process before it is introduced as purified and safe water into the drinking supply. On first read, that may sound revolting, but it’s tried and tested.'+1 more

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