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Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were joined together as one united piece, then We parted them? And We have made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?
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WATER SUPPLY BY SOLOAR THERMAL EVAPORATION METHOD

1. BECOME INDEPENDENT
Even though water is available in sufficient quantities all around the world, there is definitely a shortage of potable water in many countries. And due to our exploitation of natural resources this shortage is steadily growing. To overcome this problem, especially the Gulf Countries, but even so many other of the industrialized nations, use a lot of nonrenewable energy from their oil or gas resources to produce desalinated water from seawater in multi-effect evaporators, or run highly sophisticated osmosis units, which are depending on high voltage energy. In fact, some of these huge desalination plants will only go along with their own power stations, fed by either oil or gas. All these high-skilled operations, consuming large amounts of energy are solely constructed, being built, operated and serviced by global operating and purely economic orientated industry-pools, which goal it is to make themselves indispensable and to secure a long term dependency of their technology and their services. Their policy is to ensure the clients that these methods are to be considered the most practical way of desalinating seawater, since the shortage of drinking water securing a demand orientated pricing for them, whereas the real costs are always being calculated and hidden within the relatively cheep supply of oil or gas in the producing countries. But if we now take into consideration that there is, and always has been, a God-given energy resource that is totally free of charge all this is a rather naive assessment of the situation and only serves the interest of a global operating industry, operating in a manner as if there is never an end in sight. Naturally the shortage of potable water occurs at places of high solar radiation and again most pressing during hot summer month of maximum solar radiation. Would it not only be natural to use this solar energy for water desalination? It is in fact a process which has taken place ever since the sun shone on this earth. Or does the rain tastes salty? Solar desalination could be the most successful application of solar energy, together with solar air conditioning, in hot climate countries. So why not bringing back this knowledge, that goes back to the fourth century BC, when Greek sailors used to obtain drinking water from seawater. The very first work published on desalination was that of an Arab alchemist in 1551. Why not bringing back this knowledge where it is needed most, where it belongs?

DE-REGULATED SEAWATER DESALINATION AS A CHANCE FOR WATER SUPPLY

2. THE WATER-WEB
The provisions of drinking and utility water from seawater have become a global challenge, and people around the world are working on innovative technologies and processes to make water resources sufficiently available. Around 13.000 major seawater desalination plants are currently operating and producing a total of 3 Billion cubic meters of drinking water per day with an upward tendency. Seawater desalination has developed into a worldwide growth market where the need dictates the prices. Ever since the 1970s, modern desalination processes have been developed in international, large scale research projects. Throughout the years it was mainly German companies and research institutes that laid the foundation for this rapid development of seawater desalination with innovative methods and technologies. But in the recent years, nations like Korea, Italy, the UK, France, USA and Japan have caught up on the technology and are dominating the world market. Still German companies have always had a considerable knowhow in the field of seawater desalination, especially when it comes to using alternative energy methods.

The wind of change fortunately does not pass by without being recognized by responsible thinking and agitating individuals or institutes in areas of concern:

Research News New Qatar lab will look at desalination and energy
A programme to set up the Qatar Sustainable Water & Energy Utilization (QWE) Laboratory was launched on 21 April 2009 At the Texas A&M University at Qatar. It will help Qatar to address pressing water and energy problems including desalination. Announcing the programme, the deputy premier and minister of energy and industry, HE Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, said the centre initiative was a realisation of the productive working relationship between the energy and industrial sectors and Qatar's research and educational institutions to serve the needs of the community. The deputy premier also said that Qatar's general electricity and water corporation, Kahramaa, was looking in depth at all possible technologies used in power generation/water desalination systems as well as state-of-the-art designing tools to optimise designs for environmental protection and maintain sustainable resources, especially the main sources for electricity generation and water production. Al Attiyah also said that using solar and nuclear power in electricity generation and water desalination were the way forward in creating a sustainable and environmentally friendly system in Qatar. Dr Patrick Linke and Dr Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, two chemical engineering professors at the university, will lead the initiative and work towards developing the scientific and technical base required. The project will have an advisory board with key representatives from the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture, the General Secretariat for Development Planning, Mesaieed Industrial City, Kahramaa and Qatar Petroleum. The technical areas of QWE will be diverse yet coordinated: Environmental impact assessment of water and energy use, Minimization of water consumption and discharge, Maximization of industrial energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions, Improved technologies for desalination, Tailored water treatment systems for efficient water and wastewater management, Hazardous waste management, Systems design and optimization for maximum economic and environmental performance.

The Oman situated Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) takes up similar principles and combines research, scholarship and training to a peacefully bonding philosophy for all participants in need:

MEDRC Overview
The human demand for fresh water outstrips our natural supply. Increasingly, even in water rich regions, human engineered desalination is augmenting nature. Nowhere, is the issue of water supply more critical than in the Middle East where competition for precious water resources is a potential threat to peace. MEDRC's Mission is to promote cooperation on the vital topic of water scarcity in the Middle East. The main objective of the center is to build international project advisory boards and international research partnerships that contribute to lowering the cost of desalination technology, making it more affordable to resolve long term water scarcity needs in the Middle East and North Africa region. This mission has led to a new research strategy geared to granting funds to research project teams composed of organizations and individuals that had never before considered working together.

It is this spirit that finally will lead to significant changes towards the use of regenerative energy sources for solving the most important tasks mankind has burdened our environment with. But coming back to the initial point of our practical theories: What do we mean by De-Regulated Water Supply? Decentralized, low maintenance, economical, and environmentally friendly.

The technical solutions which we can offer for Solar Ocean Seawater Desalination (or even brackish water if needed) can either be used in a large scale (recently being build is a desalination plant for 13.000 Inhabitants of Istanbul, Turkey) as well as by ingenious small units, serving single houses, hotels, hospitals, agriculture plants, greenhouse projects, food production, etc. Certainly the new housing and re-creation projects as they are being built at the coastline of Dubai are dedicated for the use of de-regulated water supply. Solar collectors on the roof of buildings have become a common sign in northern Europe. People are taken more and more to this technology to warm their houses. It is nearly to laugh about that in the Gulf Region this is seldom to be seen.

We are certainly not talking about warming up houses in Dubai,- for example, but we can easily produce the energy for pumping up saltwater, leading it through an evaporation process for so being able to gain drinking or utility water, or even use this energy for cooling or the wastewater treatment in sufficient quantity. If the water supply of all houses in an urban settlement area, a touristic center, a campus or an industrial area is connected, which most certainly would be the case in any way, houses suffering from a technical default or an interruption due to service or maintenance, would still continuously be supplied by surplus from other desalination wells.

Industrial building / Capacity: 1.2 Mio kWp / effective Power: 1.43 MWp / CO 2 reduction: 857 tons p. year

The WATER-WEB similar to the Internet, where there is also no interruption of service if one, or a row of servers, quit their operational status, would be a similar stable water network-system. To be remembered: some of our technology produces desalinated water and electricity from solar energy and can be adapted to any individual use and size. All the equipment is perfected in such a way that no complicated technology is being installed. Most of the components are common plumbing articles like the ones being sold in sanitary equipment shops. It is our intention to have the desalination equipment produced in the local areas by thoroughly trained workers being enabled to follow up the whole production and service line independently.

Thus we won`t need no waste amount of area to produce energy or water and then have it transported to the users over long distances again loosing capacity and quality. Huge amounts of investment capital for mega-Size desalination plants won`t be necessary either, because each user invests into his very own indoor water supply, have it installed and serviced at own costs. Even though costs for energy are very much lower in the Gulf area, than they are in Europe, it would save a lot of CO 2 emission otherwise produced. It is an investment into the future and into recreating our environment. Regional programs to subsidize such private efforts of private investment in renewable energy technology should be discussed with the governmental authorities. Recently Abu Dhabi has the MASDAR-CITY project in progress, demonstrating that exactly this can be done. A city waterfront district independently supplied by solar energy, freed from the use of fossil energy.

3. Technical Components
Water Intake by sub-seabed drains
The seawater intake should not have any affection to the sea habitat, have a homogenous temperature of the harnessed water and last but not least should the water obtained have the same quality as the sea`s. Subterranean water intake does all this by the use of specialized horizontal, directional drilling. It saves costs and does meet the most stringent environmental regulations, is nor effected by dynamic actions in the sea and is especially applicable in coastal areas with shallow water.

Sub-seabed drain

Simply natural
Drinking water out of the sun! The power of the sun captured with standard solar thermal collectors runs the Terrawater module. This allows the autarkic supply with fresh water without using fossil fuel. Absolute CO neutral! By increasing the collector space and storing the heat, the output of the module could also later be raised up to 5 m per day. So the request for more water could be answered very flexible. Evaporation is a physical process where water changes from its liquid state into the gaseous state (steam), at temperatures below the boiling point. While in nature the sun provides for the heating of seawater or brackish water, Terrawater utilizes various energy resources, such as:

Renewable energies (solar heat, geothermal heat, photo-voltaic and wind power) No additional fossil energy sources are required for this. The entire desalination process works without CO2 emissions. Waste heat from existing industrial processes Advantage: Increased efficiency of the overall system. No costs for heat source. In order to obtain efficiency as high as possible, we continuously reduce heat losses. The Terrawater system permits the highly efficient production of chemical and bacteria-free water at low costs.

SYSTEMS
Terrawater is among those thermal processes which make up well over 70% of all drinking water production facilities worldwide. The system works in the low temperature range of up to 95 C, achieving a GOR factor of > 4 by using the unique bypass technology. At the same time we do not use any chemicals. We generate freshwater free of any salts, bacteria, or other contaminants. Saltwater is very aggressive. Since we use non-corrosive materials only, the system can work in a fully autonomous mode. No service personal is necessary, and the intervals between maintenance services are longer accordingly. An optimized remote diagnostics system, and maintenance via internet and mobile phone service are available.

Terrawater starting product for Possible sources of raw water:

Seawater (salinity > 100,000 ppm) Non-potable water Hot water up to 70 (deep wells) C River water Contaminated surface water

Households Food Industry Agriculture applications and much more

Potential heat sources Solar heat Geothermal Waste heat and much more

Water of highest quality Mineralization leads to

Drinking water (WHO Standard) Taste optimized according to customer wishes Foundation for industrial applications

Low operating costs No system operator required No costs for chemicals Low maintenance costs High energy efficiency

No chemicals in the entire Terrawater process Safe for the environment

Mineralization

No contaminated waste Reduced CO2 emissions

In order to safely drink the produced water, some minerals should be added to it (WHO Standard). Depending on the customers wishes, various minerals can be added: Standard minerals: Calcium: approx. 20 30 mg/l Magnesium: approx. 2 3 mg/l Other minerals upon request This mineralization results in a water hardness of approx. 3 dH (2.3 or 16.8 mmol/l) f Remote diagnostics Terrawater systems can be equipped with an optional remote diagnostics system. The central office will notify the local service partner in case of an alarm..

From the very beginning, modular design has been a central topic with Terrawater. Small systems run in autonomous mode can be combined into one major facility. Depending on the heat sources available, various amounts of water can be provided for desalination purposes. Individual desalination modules form the core of the Terrawater system which can be placed in existing buildings, or can be combined to 8 or 16 units placed inside a 20 or 40 ft. container, respectively. These mobile containers can be placed in various configurations at any place on this Earth.

Modularity at the highest level.

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This basic module could be easily integrated in existing installations and must be installed in a building. The heat exchanger for the link to the heat source is also integrated. The request for more water could be answered with the usage of additional modules,

Performance Data: fresh water per day (24h): 30 m salinity: < 10 ppm temperature: depending on raw water temperature Equipment: raw water pump for tank: included switch cabinet: included electrical generator: optional mineralization: included raw water tank: 1,5 m included fresh water tank: optional water transport from and to the system: optional remote control: optional

This basic container unit could be easily linked to existing heat sources. This link is carried out by a central pipe. The request for more water could be answered with the usage of additional container units.

Performance Data: fresh water per day (24h): 70 m salinity: < 10 ppm temperature: depending on raw water temperature Equipment: raw water pump for tank: included switch cabinet: included electrical generator: optional mineralization: optional raw water tank: optional fresh water tank: optional water transport from and to the system: optional remote control: optional

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The communal-container - the central supply unit for electricity and water combines a cogeneration unit with the unique Terrawater technology. Powered with gas (alternatively diesel or vegetable oil) is this the optimum solution for a closed supply of small hotels, isles or other not central supplied regions. Performance Data: fresh water per day (24h): 30 m salinity: < 10 ppm temperature: depending on raw water temperature electrical continuous power: 230 kW Equipment: raw water pump for tank: included switch cabinet: included electrical generator: cogeneration unit, gas driven mineralization: included raw water tank: 2 m included fresh water tank: optional water transport from and to the system: optional remote control: optional Ready for the future!

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The marked segment of decentralized systems up to 10.000 m/day is dominated by the technology of reverse osmosis. So, the best way to understand the technology advantage of Terrawater is to compare it with the competitor reverse osmosis:

Terrawater

Reverse Osmosis

No chemicals used for raw water treatment

Yes

No

Discontinuous operation possible

Not sensitive against blackouts every kinds Not sensitive against high raw water temperature Not sensitive against high ambient air temperature Not sensitive against corrosion Not sensitive to high salinity of raw water No primary water pressure needed No danger of fouling and scaling No trained Personal needed Working pressure Noise emission Maintenance effort Salinity of fresh water independent from raw water Electrical power consumption

Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, in any order Yes Yes Yes 1 bar slight marginal Yes, < 10 ppm Up to 1/3 of RO

No
No No No No No, more stages No No No 40 to 75 bar high high No, < 1.000 ppm Up to 3x TW

In addition to these USPs the price of fresh water is up to 70% cheaper then with RO-systems.
HIGH RELIABILITY + HIGH AVAILABILITY + LOW WATER COST = TERRAWATER

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The Turbolina Technology

With our technology, we are able to gain drinking water effectively and in large quantities using solar seawater desalination. We plan and construct plants with a daily capacity from 1.000 m, worldwide. Conventional photovoltaic plants provide power, solarthermic collectors provide only heat. In order to be able to supply power and heat from renewable energies, it has previously been necessary to use a combination of two different technologies. With the Turbolina technology, things Turbolina are different. Our plants supply both power and heat from a single plant, using the principle of a steam circuit, similar to that with which we are familiar in steam engines (ORC Organic Rankine Cycle).

Using solar heat, we heat up a liquid, which we cause to vaporize. As a vaporized liquid expands more than in its liquid state, a pressure difference occurs, which drives a turbine, which supplies power. With the residual temperature level from power generation using the Turbo Turbolina process, a proportion of the fresh seawater required to cool the plant is evaporated with an evaporation tower in an independent, closed microclimate. As, in addition to the production of drinking water, Turbolina seawater desalination also genera generates power from the solar heat, the economy relative to conventional seawater desalination plants is much greater, particularly as we avoid fossil fuels and use only solar energy.

We have put two systems together in one. We have designed micro ORC Cycles based on micro micro-turbines (30kW and 3,5kW planned to go as low as 340W per engine) attached to micro microgenerators.The outer cycle requires cooling which is achieved by ocean water supply in return extraction of drinking water from salt water.

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A complex heating and evaporation stage attached to the backside of a Solar Absorption Collector will transfer the solar generated heat and pressure into electricity and have the waste heat available for ocean water desalination. We encourage carrying the salt enriched portion either back to the ocean or even extracting the arrying salt for further sales. There are three business opportunities in one system from Solar Energy, i.e. Zero Cost during operation: Electricity, Drinking Water, and Salt. Dependent on how big either the area, hotel complex, water demand or electricity demand may be we offer a modular concept starting from 3,5kW electrical (home supply) and 10l of water per hour and collector, again dependent on available sunshine hours. Currently we are able to gain 350l per Currently 2kWp collector and day at 45 deg C outside temperature and 27 deg C water output temperature in the evaporated moist bubble of a wet bubble cooler. In parallel there is 340W power of electricity from that system per collector.

Producing energy is sure a good business. Saving energy is the next step ahead from this business. It is the future! Combine both and you have future business.

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EmPoCo
The EmPoCo Emergency Power Container container system has been developed on the basis of an ORC technology. The core of the system is the ORC circuit, which supplies energy from solar heat in order to thereby provide power, heat and drinking water. As a classic, isolated application, it is designed for use in areas where an inadequate, non-existent or damaged infrastructure makes it difficult to supply drinking water to the population. In order to operate, the EmPoCo requires only solar heat and is therefore independent of fossil fuels such as oil and gas. Classic emergency power containers are generally dependent on a constant supply of fossil fuels. The EmPoCo consists of a 40 ft normal standard container and weighs approx. 6.1 tonnes before the drinking water tank is filled. Thus, as a normal container, it can be stacked and shipped or transported by helicopter to its installation location. Powered by an electrical output of 2 x 3.5 kWp, a battery unit, a water filter system with an output of 90 litres/minute and a water tank of approx. 21 m, the EmPoCo can be used for a wide range of applications.

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SIMPEL, EFFECTIVE, INGENIOUS

This last system we like to introduce has been honored 2009 with the NATIONAL ENERGY GLOBE AWARD in the category water. And that for good reason! These system impresses with its simple and solid construction, is extremely easy to handle and very effective. This is a real CLEANTECH product not only measured by its standard of thrifty service, it is as well uncomplicated and without any sophisticated technical gadgets.

The advantages of the HelioTech system:

Drinking water for everyone and everywhere. The HelioTech system is completely independent of all electricity and energy sources (waste heat, heating power plant, etc.). All the HelioTech Solar Water treatment System needs is sunlight. And there is more than enough in those regions where drinking water is scarce. The HelioTech system is the ideal solution for decentralized local or regional use. It fits in precisely where drinking water is needed, enabling settlements, hotels and resort complexes to secure their drinking-water supply reliably and cost-effectively. The HelioTech system is the universally affordable water supply system. Purchase costs are extremely low, operating costs virtually nothing, and care and maintenance require very little in the way of staff or financial resources. The biggest problems of the reverse osmosis principle and of industrial-scale plants are: energy, environment and costs. Seawater desalination using reverse osmosis, as it is practiced in most large-scale plants, requires gigantic expenditures for energy, design, material, operation, maintenance, personnel and investment. Investment costs of 650,000 to 2 mn and more are common. It takes about 4 kWh of power to desalinize 1000 liters of water. This requires power plants with a monthly output in the medium megawatt range. Additionally the water must be chemically treated, distribution organized

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and a constant, dependable operation has to be ensured. Not to mention the environmental problems caused by industrial-scale plants in coastal areas. At an efficiency of 25%, the salt filtered out is returned to the sea as brine, with the disastrous consequence that the elevated salt content contaminates entire coastlines and causes sustained damage to plants and animals, which cannot tolerate more than 3% salt concentration. This in turn means that the people of the region are often deprived of fishing as a livelihood. These people flee to the cities, which grow and grow. And the demand for water mushrooms accordingly.

The water works for everyone, everywhere: Using the principles of nature and the energy of the sun.
The HelioTech SolarWatertreatment System is the only solar-powered system that works solely by evaporation. This means that the water gained at an evaporation temperature of approx. 100 degrees C is absolutely germ-free and immediately drinkable. Unlike other processes, no post-treatment using chemicals or radiation is necessary. Thus, everyone can now create as much drinking water as they need.

Natures principle: evaporation.

The ingeniously simple HelioTech solution uses the principle of nature: seawater or brackish water is continuously fed to the evaporator unit from a water intake and heated to over 100 degrees by high-performance vacuum heat pipes. The water condensed in this way is germfree, and is cooled by cooling elements on its way to the drinking water deposit.

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Drinking water when its needed:

From 50 liters/day to 1800 cubic meters/year.
Scalable output as needed: 7500, 15 000 or 150 000 liters per month.
The HelioTech system is currently the simplest and most economical way to turn seawater into potable water. Low purchase costs, no energy costs, no follow-up costs, no maintenance expenses and long up equipment service life enable drinking water at a price everyone can afford. A HelioTech SolarWatertreatment System has a capacity of 50 liters per day. When 10 modules are acity linked together, the total output is 15000 liters of drinking water per month: enough to meet the water needs of a lot of people - a farm, an entire village, a hotel or vacation resort complex. The transporta transportable HelioTech system can additionally supply drinking water in disaster areas, as it also converts brackish water into germ-free drinking water. With the free HelioTech solar Watertreatment System, decentralized, local drinking drinking-water supply is possible anywhere.

Absolute drinking water quality. drinking-water

Seawater, turned into water with the HelioTech system, absolutely has drinking quality. eawater, Desalination using the HelioTech Solar Desalination System reduces the seawater salt content of 21.700 mg salt per liter water, to 8.1 mg salt per liter. Thus the simply distilled, germ-free water, free has the same quality as natural mineral water, which is not the case t with any of the present methods. It is no additional water treatment necessary with the HelioTech Solar Desalination System, you can drink it right of spring. The water analysis proves: The result of a water analysis taken from out of the Mediterranean Sea and performed by diterranean the globally highly regarded Research Center for Brewery and Food Quality of the Munich Technical University affirms:

Absolute drinking-water quality. water

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Mobile modules. Compact design. Proven materials.

The HelioTech Solar Water Treatment System is specially designed for the requirements of specific sites. One of the primary design criteria is ease of use: no specialists or expertise knowledge is necessary to operate this system properly. A brief training is all that is needed. Compact design just 2.20 meter wide, 2.00 meter high and 1.90 meter deep this means that the system can easily be transported to a site by using any off-road vehicle, either fully assembled or as modules ready for assembly. The module can be placed on any firm surface. A height adjustment mechanism allows the system to be flexible to adjust to the seasonal altitudes of the sun as well as drain off the valuable salt residues. The systems mobility and flexibility make it ideal for use at changing sites. Only materials that are weatherproof and proven resistant to boiling salt water are being used. For example, the high-performance vacuum heat pipes, proven in actual use a million times over, are produced by the world's leading manufacturer, and are absolutely low-wear and low-maintenance. All design details are configured so that virtually no maintenance is required. The outstanding characteristics of the HelioTech SolarWater Treatment System are a long service life, reliability and economic operation.

One System produces 50 liter drinkable water a day. 2 systems 100, 3 systems 150, 4 systems.. adjust your need !

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WHAT ABOUT RE-USE?

Elder generations treated their energy supply with great respect, knowing that their lives often depended on an economic and responsible handling of water, burning material and food. Our generations have actually learned nothing but waste. We are living in a kind of MOONWALKCapitalism consuming prospective riches in the naive acceptation that everything lasts. I am certainly convinced that the creation was not ment to be a the winner takes it all scheme for the strongest, to continuously eat, drink, burn, use and waste more than any generation ever has done before. The methods and technologies of desalination we are presenting here, are designed for single houses, hotels, recreational sites, agriculture use and even though, smaller plants for up to 10 15 000 consumers are possible. These individual water supply concepts, could make a difference for the total water supply of a large community if bundled. It certainly would unburden the public water supply in general. Not less important might be the assumption, that if an individual is the self-provider for a sufficient supply of water, did buy and run his water still at own costs, he may be more aware of his water consumption than ever before. This eligible presumption we take from experience with private energy producers here in Germany, who, with growing tendency are seeking independence and economical relief from the dictate of power suppliers, by using solar energy, heat pumps, bio-fuels and even geo-thermal energy. This behavior of being aware what happens does lead to a more responsible association with the matter. Which bring us to the re-use. Most of the water consumption in a household, a hotel, an office, is not being used for drinking or cooking, but for the bath, the washing machines or for even more exaggerated use like pools, ponds and gardens. There are technologies available to filter these amounts of former spill water and reuse them again in a continuous circle, and only the surplus is taken from an outside production. One of these filter systems is the:

Busse-MF / SMALL-SIZE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH MICROFILTRATION How it works:

The Busse MF Small Size Sewage Treatment System is designed on the basis of DIN 4261 part 2 and comprises two treatment steps, namely pre-treatment (1) and aeration (2). At the pretreatment step, which also serves as waste water store, biologically degradable coarse material such as, e.g., faeces, toilet paper, is dissolved and the nondissolving components separated from the waste water by an aerated sieve (3). A pump (4) pumps the water, from which the coarse material has been separated, to the aeration section. At this step the organic matter in the waste water is degraded biologically by microorganisms and oxygen (5). In addition to this, the waste water is treated physically by microfiltration membranes (6) (ultrafine filter with 0.4 m pore size). These membrane filters eliminate suspended material, even bacteria and germs, ensuring that only absolutely clear, odorless, hygienically harmless water (filtrate) leaves the system. The Busse MF system was tested successfully by the University of Hannover and the Technical University in Berlin and the water by the system in practical service is more than significantly better than the limits set by DIBt Berlin* (Z-55.3-60) and the applicable law. Due to the immersed microfiltration membranes, in combination with a technologically required high concentration of biomass, the COD level in the discharged water can be reduced to

under 30 mg/l* and the BOD5 value to under 5 mg/l*. 20

Water-reuse for the next generation:

The BUSSE MF type MF-HKA 4 (general design qualification approval no. Z-55.3-60) for 1 to 4 people households consists of two double-wall safety tanks for installation in a basement or in an adjacent building (garage, garden house, etc.). If water cannot enter the system by gravity, a water hoisting machine is needed. This is available as an optional item. Sufficient level floor space is needed for installation, operation and maintenance and the room must be at least 2 meters high. If the room is less than 2 m high and construction permits, the two tanks can be recessed in the floor. The modular design makes the system adaptable to most local sites. The system is ventilated into the open through the wastewater downpipe or a separate ventilation duct can lead out of the building. If more wastewater must be treated, e.g., when more people live in the house, the BUSSE MF can be added to. If the treated water cannot flow from the system by gravity 30 cm above ground level, an optional filtrate hoister can bridge the difference. We recommend to store the purified wastewater (filtrate) in a treated water tank with 500 l useful capacity. If you want to use the purified water for flushing, an automatic machine can feed it in the treated water pipe. If you want to water your garden, the treated water can be stored in a rainwater tank. The standard system is installed and ready for service within a few hours. Automatic absence control ensures that the system remains in full biological operation also when you are not at home for several weeks. To ensure smooth operation of the system, a service contract is concluded with every customer. The process and also the membranes require maintenance by the supplier or another specialized company. Like all the systems presented here, this one as well is an applicant system that can easily be adjusted to individual needs.

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THE WASTE WATER NEXUS

Equivalent to the problem of a rising demand for potable water is the treatment of waste water, this in combination with an effective drainage system. With great astonishment I had to experience, that the glittering and steadily growing Metropolis Dubai City does not have a comprehensive, functional drainage or waste water system. Hundreds of sewage tankers have to carry loads of waste water to an outside sewage treatment plant that is already beyond its capacity. Did all the high skilled and thoroughly trained planers, architects, builders and developers not think about what to do with the waste for some million people? Mostly these technical advisors, entrepreneurs, architects and specialists came from Europe or the USA, Canada, Australia, etc. Never would they have been able to plan and implement such a nuisance in their home countries. But here they did. What was the reason? Was it just the lack of experience of the awarding authority, that didnt demand a sustainable urban development, or is it a take the money and run scheme, to leave the place with shiny, impressive buildings, but poor infrastructure, because it was much easier to just put something someplace without having to care about the binding regulations of a proper urban development? Whatever it might have been, - it was careless and irresponsible and left Dubai with a pool of problems that will take years and years and incredible sums of money to be fixed (and again these prospective costs are not included in the current water price). What is true for Dubai is also applicable for numerous other fast growing metropolises in Asia and the Gulf area. Often the water shortage and the sewage problem are linked together as one causing the other. Once again we have to learn to adjust our usage and wastage, think about alternatives and plan for the future. Again the big, global players are offering help, promising to solve oppressing circumstances with one big strike. Enormous waste water plants with sophisticated technologies are being offered, that will need exorbitant amounts of money, space and again power. Continuously profits are guaranteed, because costs for maintenance and service, new capacity building and a dependency from the constructor are programme. Who says that sewage plants have to look and function like the ones in Europe or America? Generations of engineers have learned to live with surplus and unlimited resources in material and money. In their eyes everything has to be big, expensive and maintenance intensive. They are from a past tense generation, one that is dying out. This world`s industrial age decisively emerged through the utilization of combustion energy of hydrocarbons, which were just there, for the take. All we ever learned was to use them excessively. It is not predictable today when the hydrocarbon-age will end. But it is to be seen, that we are in the final round and it is just therefore we need to think about tomorrow. Tomorrow begun already! You, the reader might think by now that I, - the author - is against trusts, multi-national industryfirms and affiliated groups, - and you are right. As well as I am against globalization when it only includes only the economical interests of a few global players. If globalization includes the exchange of technology, information, culture, people and religion, a sharing and caring, - than I am for it. What I am not for, is, that a few gigantically financed trusts oppress development, interactions of smaller groups and firms and the drive for creativity. Be reminded, still even today some people do develop their best ideas in a garage. Our hope and future will lie in the hand of such firms and people, who have the obsession to change things to the better, - and probably earn some money with it - not in the hands of people who`s ego and salary is depending on shareholder value, maximum turnovers and market leader positions, all created by whatever means and methods of exploitation. It might make sense for them, but it is not common sense. In the next chapter we will show two examples for independent, decentralized waste water treatment and some methods how to save water.

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DEWATS
DEWATS stands for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems. DEWATS is a technical approach rather than merely a technology package. The wastewater applications are based on the principle of low-maintenance since most important parts of the system work without technical energy inputs and cannot be switched off intentionally. A state-of-the-art-technology delivered at affordable prices because all of the materials used for construction are locally available. The wastewater plant provides treatment for both, domestic and industrial sources and for organic wastewater flows from 1 to 1000 m3 per day. It is reliable, long lasting and tolerant towards inflow fluctuation and it does not need sophisticated maintenance. Without considering facilities for necessary chemical pre-treatment of wastewater from the industries, it is based on four basic treatment modules which can be combined according to the demand:

1. Primary treatment: sedimentation and floatation

2. Secondary anaerobic treatment in fixed-bed reactors: baffled upstream reactors or unaerobic filters

3. Tertiary aerobic treatment in sub-surface flow filters

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THE CHALLENGE
The demand for reliable, efficient and low-cost wastewater treatment systems is increasing worldwide especially in densely populated urban regions where adequate wastewater treatment systems do not exist and uncontrolled discharge of wastewater endangers environmental health and water resources. Many Governments have passed new environmental regulations stipulating that dischargers of wastewater such as small and medium enterprises and housing estates will be held responsible for wastewater pollution and must therefore treat wastewater adequately on-site before it is discharged into the environment. For many small and medium enterprises and housing estates, conventional wastewater treatment systems are technically sophisticated and costly, often require high energy inputs for operation and rely on sophisticated maintenance services to ensure continuous operation. In most cases, such requirements are unsuitable for SME. For these potential clients, BORDA and its network of partner organizations started in 1994 to develop reliable and costefficient wastewater treatment systems which could efficiently treat non-toxic organic wastewater according to legal environmental standards. Successful efforts to standardize main components of the DEWATS approach, such as multi-stakeholder approach, modular design of systems, project planning, implementation and quality control has resulted in a significant increase of implementation capacity and dissemination of technical know-how. Today, more than 1000 stakeholders from the private sector, governments and NGOs have been trained by the BORDA-Network to facilitate dissemination, implementation and maintenance of DEWATS system resulting in the sustainable operation of more than 250 DEWATS plants. The success of DEWATS has fostered cooperation's with numerous government departments, municipalities and international donor agencies to increase capacities and technical implementations.

Advantages of DEWATS technology:

Providing treatment for domestic and industrial wastewater Low primary investment costs as no imports are needed Efficient treatment for daily wastewater flows up to 1000m3 Modular design of all components Tolerant towards inflow fluctuations Reliable and long-lasting construction design Expensive and sophisticated maintenance not required Low maintenance costs

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Community Based Sanitation CBS

The CBS framework is tailored to improve sanitation conditions in densely populated urban areas. Project implementations depend on the active cooperation of communities, governments, NGOs, and the private sector. Implementation of smart and proven technical options are synthesized with capacity building measures and technical expertise to mainstream CommunityBased Sanitation (CBS) as a viable technical option in areas, where neither individual on-site systems nor centralized sewerage systems can fulfill the need of stakeholders for basic sanitation. CBS projects are based on a holistic and demand responsive approach. Instead of simply providing sanitation "hardware", CBS-projects aim to improve hygiene behavior and sanitation infrastructure in a more integrated and sustainable manner. The CBS approach is an alternative option that fills the significant gap" between inappropriate on-site sanitation (e.g. absorption pits) and the shortcomings of expensive conventional centralized sewerage collection and treatment systems.

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SAVE!
URIMAT
Save up to 100,000 litres of valuable drinking water every year!

NO WATER
NO OILS NO CHEMICALS NO ODOUR
Urimat is a Swiss invention, which is made entirely in Switzerland and has worldwide patents. Urimat is now 10 years old and still saving thousands of litres of water a year worldwide. With Urimat, you save both valuable drinking water and the associated water and maintenance costs.

A lot of items to save precious water while showering, flow-regulators, water-stop valves, shower heads with water-jet technology, are on the market and enable users to save water without loosing comfort.

One item, the Areoflex Drain Valve is not only saving water, it even protects your health. Water, which normally is being left in the shower hose after use, could easily be infected by legionella or other microorganism, when it stays in the shower hose for hours, - or even days. The stagnated water is a perfect breeding place for bacteria, especially in warm climate. Areoflex empties the armature after use completely of water. A breeding place less for micro-organism in your environment.

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The Xeros Cleaning Process

Like many breakthrough ideas, the origin of the Xeros cleaning process was borne from transferring known science in one world to an entirely different world, unrestricted by conventional thinking. Leeds University, one of the UKs leading textile institutes, has a long history of working with textile manufacturers. Their leading polymer chemist, Professor Stephen Burkinshaw, concentrated on how to improve anchoring dye onto fabrics. His big insight was to recognise that dyes are just like stains. So if he knew how to anchor dyes onto fabric, why not reverse this expertise and think how to use fabric polymers to remove stains? After extensive R&D with his University team of scientists, he found the best polymer was nylon due to its unique property to become highly absorbent in humid conditions. Better still, it is highly resilient so can be re-used time after time without losing its strength. After all, the ropes used on ocean liners are made of nylon!

The power of polymer cleaning

The nylon polymer has an inherent polarity that attracts stains. Think of how your white nylon garments can get dingy over time as dirt builds up on the surface despite constant washing. However, under humid conditions, the polymer changes and becomes absorbent. Dirt is not just attracted to the surface, it is absorbed into the centre. This is exactly what happens when Xeros nylon beads are gently tumbled with dampened garments.

Product Development
The Xeros polymer cleaning process can be applied to numerous cleaning sectors - both commercial and domestic. However, the team's first objective is to build a system for the Commercial laundry sector, designed to wash garment loads up to 20 kg per cycle.

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Why do we not believe in gigantism?

Needless to say that there is an entitlement for huge solar power desalination plants as they are being raised in e.g. Almeria/Spain under the splendid co-operation of European syndicates and research laboratories, as long as it serves the purpose to leave the crooked path that leads us into more and more exploitation and towards even greater environmental threat. And of course we are well aware that these systems presented here, are, what might be called niche solution. But we have profound perspectives to work towards these resolutions of stable, independent water supply for certain chosen areas. We do like to call it the WATER WEB, woven by more and more participants until it becomes a stable NETWORK. Basic requirements are favorable logistics, meaning easy access to sea/ocean water but even brackish water can be used and a solid crosslink of feed lines. Such locations are certainly to be found in most areas around the gulf, where the most attractive settlements are being built at, or near the coastline. Since all the equipment we are offering here are adaptable systems, an upgrading for growing water consumption is always possible. It is our intention to have most, if not all of these desalination units assembled and delivered as one self-finished product line installed through a local Entrepreneur who will be enabled in undertaking all tasks (planning-production-installation-servicing), - with other words, to bring a sustainable future technology into the country, that no longer will be dependent on imported knowledge. Time given and experience gathered; own improvements and even new developments will thus be possible enabling all parties thereto to associate with, and enhance these CLEANTECH product-line of desalination. We do indeed compare this scenario with the rapidly growing solar energy market here in Germany. The steady raise of energy prices and the lapse of nameable competition, due to a steady aggregation of energy-provide, dictating the price-structure to a large extent, led to this situation that made solar energy a favored option for many users. The emission control policy of the EU, implemented by governmental regulations of the constituent countries, did help a lot here to reach to a greater independency from the market ruling energy consortiums. Wind-, solar-, and geo-thermal energy production are also providing more and more jobs this way. Which brings us to the economics? It is widely anticipated that the use of solar desalination is far too expensive compared to ruling techniques, which are mostly based on reversed osmosis desalination. But have the originator of these arguments made the total calculation, starting from their point of view that energy almost costs nothing just because it`s there? Have they taken into consideration that we are on a dead end road and if we miss the turning point, we are stuck? Which efforts are than to be taken and which amounts of money are to be put up to secure sufficient delivery of the precious water, no one calculates. Take all this into your calculation, the environmental damages, the loss of irretrievable energy resources, the steady care and maintenance of huge power plants, pre-treatment and posttreatment of water with chemicals and you will find out that all your water isnt that cheep anymore.

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Here are some opinions to be recognized:

Gulf countries experienced rapid growth in the last four decades from oil production and its price increase. Natural water resources are very limited to meet this growth, and as result, desalted seawater in Kuwait became the main source of potable water, about 93% in 2002. The electric power and desalted water, produced in co-generation power desalting plants (CPDP), consumptions are continuously increasing, almost doubled every 10 years, due to population and standard of living increases. This led to the consumption of huge amounts of fuel, draining the country main fuel (and income) resource, and negatively affecting the environment. One tenth of Kuwaits oil production was consumed by the CPDP in 2003. If the trend of almost doubling the consumption every 10 years prevails, the total oil production may not be sufficient to desalt seawater for people to drink, and to produce power to run space air conditioning units (a necessity for Kuwaiti harsh weather). It is essential therefore to look for energy efficient ways to produce power and desalted water so as to save the nations income of these non-renewable fuel resources, to save the environment and indeed life itself in Kuwait, and this is the objective of this paper. It reviews the presently used desalting methods and their energy demand, and the correctness of fuel allocation formulas for CPDP, to determine the most efficient methods to apply and the less efficient ones to avoid. Towards sustainable seawater desalting in the Gulf area M.A. Darwisha*, N.M. Al-Najema, N. Liorb , Mechanical Engineering Department, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Abstract All relevant international institutions recognize that power and water supply will be two major issues mankind will have to face and solve during the present 21st century. During next decades the oil era will arrive to its end without being clear today which source of energy will replace it. In parallel, water scarcity is already a global problem which will become of capital importance during the 1st half of current century, being seawater desalination, in many cases, the only existing alternative to this element essential to life. Despite the energy efficiency advances reached during the last decade, seawater desalination continues to be an intensive fossil energy consumer. In a context of coming energy crisis, due to the end of oil era, water problems are expected to substantially worsen. And vice versa, due to the close relationship between water and energy issues, water problems are also expected to contribute to increase the energy problems. In addition to all this, environmental considerations such as global warming, will surely add significant pressure in all these matters. In this scenario renewable energies are rapidly increasing its contribution to the global mix, being clearly solar energy the one with higher potential.

Julian Blanco, Plataforma Solar de Almera

Deteriorating circumstances I understand that some commentators have used the deteriorating global economic circumstances to argue that tackling climate change through the transition to a low-carbon economy is a luxury item, saying it is too expensive and that it could damage national competitiveness. This is an understandable, but shortsighted, view that does not account for the long term, said Al Maskari. According to the KOM director-general, the global economy and climate change are linked, and the current economic slowdown represents a unique opportunity to use public-sector investment to reinvigorate the economy and build the low-carbon infrastructure needed for long-term prosperity. Tabreed Oman business development director Musallam Al Hadaifi. Understanding the Global Carbon Cycle We (ecologists) have been interested in carbon for a long time, first, because carbon is what we (as well as all of the other plants and animals on earth) are made of (50% of our dry weight). Ecologists can learn a lot about ecosystems and what they do for us by constructing carbon budgets (or energy budgets) from measurements of productivity, food chains, and nutrient cycling. The second reason that carbon is of interest is because carbon, in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2), is the major greenhouse gas released to the atmosphere as a result of human activities. The continued release of greenhouse gases is raising the temperature of the earth, disrupting the climates we and our agricultural systems depend on, and raising sea-level. The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has already increased by about 30% since the start of the industrial revolution sometime around the middle of the 19th century and will continue to increase unless societies choose to change their ways. Most of the increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations came from and will continue to come from the use of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) for energy, but about 25% of the increase over the last 150 years came from changes in land use, for example, the clearing of forests and the cultivation of soils for food production Richard Houghton, Senior Scientist, Carbon Research

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The Energy-Water Nexus In the U.S., 4% of all electricity used is to transport and treat water. In California, where dense population and scant water resources prevail, that number jumps to 19%, with 31% of the state's natural gas use also going to the ongoing supply of freshwater. And the nexus works conversely. It can take up to 168 gallons of water to get one barrel of oil from oil sands. And 800 gallons are required to generate one megawatt-hour of electricity from traditional resources. The fact that we can't make or destroy energy or water makes this a zero-sum game. There's a finite amount of each, and demand for water only rises. If Las Vegas increases its withdrawals from the Colorado River, less water is available to be drawn for Los Angeles. And if you want to get it from somewhere else? Be prepared to work out the exorbitant costs of moving water long distances. Editor's Note: From solar and wind to geothermal and biofuels, Green Chip readers want to know which renewable energy resource will take over where fossil fuels leave off. The answer is, -there is no one single solution to today's energy crisis. However, the combination of all viable renewable energy resources, coupled with energy efficiency, conservation and smart grid development will not only lead us to energy independence and a cleaner, more sustainable energy infrastructure but also to what will soon prove to be the greatest investment opportunity of the 21st Century. Adding to the Zero-Sum - by Nick Hodge, Tuesday, May 12th, 2009/Green Chip Stocks

Integrated water resources management (IWRM)

IWRM explicitly challenges conventional water development and management systems. It starts with the recognition that traditional top-down, supply led, technically based and sectoral approaches to water management are imposing unsustainably high economic, social and ecological costs on human societies and on the natural environment. If they persist, water scarcity and deteriorating water quality will become critical factors limiting future economic development, the expansion of food production and the provision of basic health and hygiene services to millions of disadvantaged people. Business as usual is neither environmentally sustainable, nor is it sustainable in financial and social terms. The traditional paradigm of publicly financed and managed, low cost or no cost recovery water services provision is beyond the financial capacity of most governments. Under investment and exacerbated conflicts over the allocation of water goods and services are inevitable with potentially disastrous economic and social consequences. As a process of change, which seeks to shift water development and management systems from their currently unsustainable forms, IWRM has no fixed beginnings and will probably never end. The global economy and society are dynamic and the natural environment is also subject to change, IWRM systems will, therefore, need to be responsive to change and be capable of adapting to new economic, social and environmental conditions and to changing human values. IWRM is not an end in itself but a means of achieving three key strategic objectives: Efficiency, since, given scarcity of resources (natural, financial and human), it is important to attempt to maximise the economic and social welfare derived not only from the water resources base but also from investments in water services provision. Equity in the allocation of scarce water resources and services across different economic and social groups is vital to reduce conflict and promote socially sustainable development. Environmental sustainability, as ultimately all attempts at water management reform will fail if the water resources base and associated ecosystems continue to be regarded as infinitely robust and we continue to put at risk the water system that we depend on for our survival World Water Commission 2000

Please contact for further information :

NORDIC TRADER
Tech concepts/Environmental Products

ANDREAS ABRAHAM
0049 176 521 621 47 desalination@email.de

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Good news Bad news

There is a lot of fresh water in the world It is not always where man needs it Water is free from nature Infrastructure needed to deliver water is expensive In many areas, water is easily accessible at a low cost People assume it will always be available & take it for granted Nature is constantly recycling & purifying water in rivers & lakes Man is polluting water faster than nature can recycle it There is a huge amount of water underground Man is using this water faster than nature can replace it 5 billion people have reasonable access to fresh water Over 1 billion do not 3.8 billion people have at least basic sanitation 2.4 billion do not Millions are working their way out of poverty Affluent people use more water The pace of industrialization is increasing Industry will require more fresh water Industry is becoming more efficient in its water use Many industries are still using water unsustainably/inefficiently Awareness of water issues is increasing Translating awareness into action can be slow

WORDS OF WISDOM :

The world has enough for everyones need, but not enough for everyones greed.

Mahatma Gandhi

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SOME LINKS :

www.wbcsd.org _________________________________________________________________
http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4/media/ ( download: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK)

WORLD BUSINESS COUNSIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

United Nations Environment Programme www.unep.org _________________________________________________________________

Community
www.mondialogo.org/1.html ________________________________________________________________

http://aida.developmentgateway.org/aida/AidaAbout.do ________________________________________________________________ www.eco-web.com ________________________________________________________________ Global Water Intelligence: Market Leading Analysis of the International Water Industry

www.desaldata.com ________________________________________________________________ www.unido.org _________________________________________________________________ www.zawya.com _________________________________________________________________

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Corporate Responsibility - Wood the most ecological building material

www.finnforest.com ________________________________________________________________________________

www.environmental-expert.com/index.aspx

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Voices of the world

World Economic Forum Water Initiative

http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/water/index.htm

WATER CRISIS ROCKS L.A, MEXICO CITY; WHO`S NEXT?

Investing in Water Companies

Building Liquid Wealth with Water

Water shortage 'a global problem'

By Imogen Foulkes BBC News, Geneva

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Smart Irrigation
Widely known by now is the expression of an ecological footprint as measure of human demand on the earths ecosystem, - for us of interest is the water footprint (the total annual volume of fresh water used to produce goods and services at the place of production). We know by now that the amount of water needed to produce e.g. 1 orange, 50 liters of water is needed, 1350 liters for 1kg wheat, etc.

Agricultural production engulfs the biggest part of the world water recourses, namely 70%. Would it therefore not be clever to look out for possible saving potentials? How about growing and harvesting 250 kilo livestock feed daily on an area of 12 meters length and 2 meters width saving 90% water and 50% fertilizer?

Hydro Farming is the future -

Living Foods is the answer

Living Foods notices a considerable inefficiency in how we are dealing with our most valuable sources of
nature water when it comes to the methods we use to grow our crops with. Several important researches tell us, that the damage caused by the shortage of water, is several times bigger than damages caused by flood. On top of that healthy food is becoming more and more important to us. Living Foods is able and want to contribute to improve our health situation because of what we eat, by introducing better and more durable growing methods that focus on the original food value.

HGU-Hydrograss Growing Unit

LIVESTOCK FARMING
As a livestock farmer you want to have the best possible and the best quality feed type for your live stock, and the most efficient possible business with a good return. Fresh grass from a balanced, nutrient rich soil undoubtedly constitutes the most the most valuable feed for your animals. This provides you with optimum production and yields. We introduce you here a system which enables you to grow fresh roughage year round. You can easily and efficiently harvest fresh roughage on a daily basis from a growing unit at your farm. This roughage is an important part of your livestocks required feed ration. This is possible thanks to our so called HGU Hydrograss Growing Unit. This technique makes it possible to grow very high-quality, nutrient-rich roughage on a relatively small surface area. A state of the art combination of special plant food, - Living Foods 90 + Solution, and a controlled irrigation system for the exact amount of water gives you the best possible yields from your HGU.

HYDROGRASS GROWING UNIT

The system consists of a 10 by 12 meter grooving unit which contains a number of cultivation trays in which fresh roughage grows from seed to an app. 250 to 300 mm high crop in an a days cycle. Each cultivation tray system with the dimension of 12 x 2, 2 x 2, 5 meters has the daily production capacity of about 250 kg fresh, vital, high quality fodder, enough to feed at least 10 horses. In total it allows to produce as much as 1, 2 tons of fresh grass every day, all realized on the basis of 500 liters of nutrient laced water, using an automated time-control system. The crop is supplied with water, preferably containing LIVING FOODS 90 + Solution nutrient, 4 times a day.

Improve the health of your horses!

Many equine diseases and ailments are the result of incorrect nutrition for sport and working horses. Research has revealed that 85% of all stable horses suffer from stomach ulcers due to incorrect pelleted supplement/feed. The only right solution is fresh roughage that contains sufficient minerals. This innovative system provides the perfect solution to improve the health of your thoroughbred on all other saddle horses, fresh roughage year around, easy to produce, right at your stables or riding school.

REDUCE THE WATER FOOTPRINT

How to grow vegetables and fruits with less water and zero waste.
A system that saves labour, water and energy, still allowing dramatically improved returns to be achieved in short term. A better regulation during growth, higher vitamin content, a tasty end product with longer shelf life. No leakage to soil or groundwater, substrate-free cultivation, virus prevention and treatment thanks to improved hygiene.

How does all that work?

HCS-AEROPONICS growing comprehends that the roots partially hang in the water and in the air. This makes sure the oxygen supply to the root-zone at its best, especially with longer growing periods. Oxygen, water and nutrients are delivered in an ideal combination, thus creating more resilient plants as well as increased yields. With different models to choose from, there is an Aero-Flow unit for every requirement. No other hydroponic system delivers the same staggering grows rates and robust plants. In combination with Living Foods +90 Solution the plants have direct access to at least 90 trace elements in the correct natural ratio.

Bioponic is the term used for fully organic hydro-farming.

Organic products have a surplus value compared to non organic products. Organic growing combined with hydroponic originates A few important advantages: Water savings Less nutrients and fertilizers needed No leakage to soil or groundwater

Shorter growing periods Better regulation during growth Lower sick rates

Do we need to grow better, healthier fruits and vegetables?

Research has revealed that the nutritional structure of a fruit, even a flower, determines the quality of the end product. Not only the external quality but also initially invisible quality aspects, such as shelf life. Needless to say that high quality fruits are also a benefit to human health. A healthy plant contains a good balance of nutrients, which can only be achieved under optimum cultivation conditions using balanced plant food which contains all the necessary trace-elements. A study
on the mineral depletion of the foods available to us as a nation over the period 1940 to 1991. The analysis provides information on the amounts of Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Phosphorous, Iron, Copper, Sodium and Chloride. It was found that only certain foods within the categories of Vegetables, Fruits and cuts of Meat could be readily traced over this 51 year period. The result of comparing data available in 1940 with that in 1991 demonstrates that in every sub group of foods investigated there has been a substantial loss in their mineral content.

NATURAL MINERALS
Living Foods 90+ Solution only contains natural minerals. These minerals are produced from nature in an ecologically sound manner and this is why the product bears the Nature et Progress hallmark. This is a recognised European ecological hallmark. The minerals contain the full spectrum of all elements that occur in nature that are required for the functioning of human, plants and animals.