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Water..the cradle of life, indeed! ! Bruno Borsari Biology Department CLASP Seminar September 10, 2008 C.A.R. Sierra Leone Fetching Water.a daily Chore.. ..in many world countries. and what about water quality? <>


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Water…..the cradle

  • f life, indeed!!

Bruno Borsari Biology Department CLASP Seminar September 10, 2008

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Sierra Leone

C.A.R.

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Fetching Water….a daily Chore….. …..in many world countries.

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…and what about water quality?

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Giardiasis

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Cryptosporidiosis

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Schistosomiasis

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Dracunculiasis

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“Disease is the retribution of an

  • utraged nature” (Hosea Ballou)
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Appropriate Technologies

Ceramistas por la Paz

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Conserving Water

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Composting Toilets

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  • Clivus multrum –

composting toilet

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Composted humanure, ready for use……

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Water Conservation

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Ecological Design & Engineering

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Living Machines

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„Living cells‟

  • aligned in parallel or

series to facilitate maintenance and research.

  • contain different

biological assemblages (aquatic plants, macro- invertebrates, filter feeding guilds)

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Constructed Wetlands

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Winona Water Treatment Plant

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Effluent water

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Xeriscaping

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The latest prairie restoration effort on campus with non-majors enrolled in BIO 118. Spring semester 2008.

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Prairies