Category: Solutions
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How one Wisconsin farm pursues land and water conservation
Do you know the purpose, cause, or belief that drives you? Author Simon Sinek calls this “finding your why.” On my family’s dairy farm in Door County, Wisconsin, our why is, “To learn and adapt so that all may have a quality life.” Every day, we face new challenges on Brey Cycle Farm. Although it…
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The Town That Extended ‘Smart Growth’ to Its Water
Photo: The Rocky Mountains rise behind the Denver skyline. Charlie Riedel/AP As Western states grapple with drought, Westminster, Colorado, has become a model for its integration of water data into the planning process. As with so many towns in the West, the history of Westminster, Colorado, can be told through its water supply. The turning…
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Membrane technology to address excess water problem on Washington dairy
“We really don’t have a nutrient problem; we have a water problem,” states Galen Smith, partner and general manager of Coldstream Farm LLC in Deming, Washington. With their new 50-stall rotary parlor that has the capacity to milk 2,200 cows three times a day, Smith says their goal is to maximize the use of this…
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Case study suggests new approach to urban water supply
If you live in the developed world, safe water is usually just a faucet-turn away. And yet, global warming, drought conditions, and population growth in coming decades could change that, ushering in an era of uncertain access to water. Now an MIT-based research team has evaluated those potential problems and, based on a case study…
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EPA applauds UL for storm water management efforts
Photo: Increasing the number of bioswales on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus is one objective outlined in its green infrastructure plan. The shallow troughs hold plants and other vegetation. They act as sieves to remove silt and contaminants from rainwater. Credit: Rachel Keyes/University of Louisiana at Lafayette The University of Louisiana at Lafayette…
