People are always looking forward to things related to recycling and repurposing. However, people on the internet are not exactly feeling the same about a new beer from Singapore. 

Why? Well, it is made out of recycled water from sewage and urine. This is taking art of brewing beer to new heights, the NEWBrew is made of NeWater, which is Singapore’s brand of clean, high-quality recycle water. 

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According to a report by BBC News, it is made out of a liquid which is recycled from sewage, filtered, and pumped into Singapore’s water supply.

Launched by Singapore’s national water agency PUB in association with local craft beer brewery Brewerkz, the ‘unique’ beverage “highlights not only that Singapore’s recycled water more than adheres to international standards of safe drinking water, but that it is also clean enough to be used in beer brewing,” Strait Times reported.

With a smooth toasted honey-like aftertaste, the sewage-recycled beer is made using the finest ingredients such as premium German barley malts, aromatic Citra and Calypso hops, as well as kveik, a highly sought-after strain of farm-house yeast from Norway.

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According to Brewerkz, it is a “highly quaffable beer”, suitable for Singapore’s tropical climate, “with a smooth, toasted honey-like aftertaste.” 

95 percent of the tropical blonder ale beer is made out of NEWater, using “the finest ingredients, such as premium German barley malts, aromatic Citra and Calypso hops, as well as kveik, a highly-sought-after strain of farm-house yeast from Norway”. 

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Electoral Area G (Englishman River, San Pareil, French Creek, Little Qualicum, Dashwood) director Lehann Wallace draws clean water from the new water metering system located near the Sandpiper water reservoir. (Michael Briones photo)Sandpiper resident Rob Ward, left, Area G director Lehann Wallace, Gillian Ward and Qualicum Beach Mayor Brian Wiese demonstrate how clean and safe the water is now for drinking. (Michael Briones photo)The Sandpiper community toasts the completed water supply project. (Michael Briones photo)

Since 1980, residents in the Sandpiper community of French Creek have endured reddish brown water coming out of their taps.

The poor water quality situation in the area has finally come to an end with the completion of a water supply distribution system, sourced from the Town of Qualicum Beach aquifers.

On Friday, May 27, the Regional District of Nanaimo and Town of Qualicum Beach celebrated the permanent water link that will provide clean and safe water to close to 250 households in the area. It was attended by residents who applauded the milestone.

Electoral Area G (Englishman River, San Pareil, French Creek, Little Qualicum, Dashwood) director Lehann Wallace and Qualicum Beach Mayor Brian Wiese announced the completion of the water supply project and confidently showed the high quality of the water that was drawn from the water metering system, located on the boundary of Sandpiper and Qualicum Beach.

“Today marks the end of a very, very long and difficult journey for the residents of Sandpiper,” said Wallace, who made the project a priority. “Today officially marks the beginning of a new era where Sandpiper residents have clean safe drinking water that perhaps the rest of us have taken for granted in other areas where it has not been an issue.”

READ MORE: Petition underway to get RDN to improve Sandpiper water quality

The whole project, Wallace, explained is a successful collaboration between the RDN and the town. She thanked Wiese for being patient with her persistence that led to an agreement being signed in 2021, for Qualicum Beach to provide bulk water to the RDN’s Sandpiper reservoir. Since then, a temporary water link was established that delivered clean water to residents, who can now celebrate a permanent connection.

“The residents of Qualicum Beach have funded and built an excellent water system and I am proud of this example of regional co-operation to find an equitable solution to the Sandpiper water problem,” said Wiese, who gave most of the credit to town staff and council for their support and hard work.

The RDN allocated $970,000 from the Electoral Area G Community Works Fund to pay for the capital costs which will also fund future water supply improvements for the Chartwell and Eaglecrest communities in Qualicum Beach and Sandpiper as well.

Wallace also expressed gratitude to the RDN board for supporting the project, and to Ron and Gillian Ward for stepping up on behalf of the Sandpiper residents.

“They (the Wards) figured it out how to represent the issue of the water quality and how it was affecting people’s lives and bring that message effectively to the RDN board of directors, which is the support that I needed to represent those issues at the board table,” said Wallace.

The water metering system will regulate and measure the flow of the water into the reservoir to ensure that the residents will get the bulk of the water to meet the community’s daily demand. It will result in higher water bills for Sandpiper resident but it will eliminate longstanding water quality concerns associated with groundwater wells that had been supplying the area since 1980.

Wallace said what they’ve established is a “home run for everyone.” She mentioned a number of favourable comments she has received from residents with one indicating “the water in my toilet is clear and it’s almost a shame to use it.”

Qualicum Beach town engineer Bob Weir, who played a key role in the project, indicated the water that is now being distributed to Sandpiper homes does not need filtration due to the high-quality of the water coming from the source.

“It’s groundwater and it’s clean as it can be,” said Weir. “We had our reservoirs looked at by divers to see if we need to clean anything else in the water. There’s absolutely nothing there.”

With the completion of the permanent water connection, landscape remediation at the Sandpiper reservoir site will begin in the coming weeks.

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California residents were slapped with tighter water restrictions Tuesday two weeks after state officials spiked plans for a $1.4 billion saltwater desalination plant in Orange County amid a season of historic drought.

The State Water Resources Control Board unanimously voted to implement a statewide watering ban for ornamental lawns at businesses and commercial properties as residents brace for a prolonged drought, the driest drought of its length in 1,200 years. Local government will also be required to reduce water use by up to 20 percent.

“California is facing a drought crisis and every local water agency and Californian needs to step up on conservation efforts,” said California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a press release upon adoption of the new restrictions. “These conservation measures are increasingly important as we enter the summer months. I’m asking all Californians to step up, because every single drop counts.”

The latest map from the U.S. Drought Monitor updated Thursday shows the entire state under drought conditions. Reservoirs meanwhile remain depleted while snowpack is only at 8 percent of normal levels by this point in the year, according to state data.

Despite the dire drought conditions also placing an increasingly unreliable power grid in jeopardy of periodic blackouts, the California Coastal Commission rejected the latest proposal from a major water developer to construct a desalination plant in Huntington Beach. If built, the company behind the project, Poseidon Water, says the plant would make 50 million gallons of drinking water available to residents on a daily basis by next year. After a more than two-decade effort to appease public officials for a green light on construction, the state Coastal Commission unanimously turned it down based on routine concerns over risks to marine habitat and “environmental justice.” The commission argued the energy-intensive process of desalination presented too much of a coastal hazard while raising local water prices.

California, the most populated state with the fifth most coastline of any in the nation, has 12 desalination plants in operation as drought worsens across the western United States. Less than 8 percent of the western U.S. excluding Colorado and Wyoming are under normal water conditions, which are both entirely rated at minimum as “abnormally dry” by the National Drought Mitigation Center.

Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at [email protected].

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The people in Somwarpet Town Panchayat limits have vented their ire against the faulty unit of pure drinking water in the town, set up with the MLA LAD funds provided by Madikeri MLA M P Appachu Ranjan.

The unit was set up at a cost of Rs 10 lakh, in Somwarpet town. The agency which had availed the contract has implemented the project across the state. However, much to the disappointment of people, the unit is now dysfunctional.

In Somwarpet, a person was deployed for the maintenance of the unit. In the beginning, 20 litres of clean water was available for five rupees and one litre of clean water was available for two rupees.

Eventually, the unit dispensing one litre of water became dysfunctional. No effort was made by the concerned to repair the same.

The other unit dispensing 20 litres of water also developed a technical snag.

Now, even if one inserts a five rupees coin, no water is dispensed and the people are left disappointed.

The drinking water unit does not provide pure drinking water anymore, said Vijay Kumar, a local resident.

The water tank has not been cleaned for a long time. Even though the people collect water, they cannot store it for more than a day as the water turns green in colour. 

Another resident, Nagesh, alleged that vegetables are being sold in the drinking water unit. Also, the vegetables are packed in plastic bags.

He pointed out that the Somwarpet Town Panchayat had banned plastic six years ago. But the same panchayat has been allowing the use of plastic pouches.

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MONUMENT VALLEY, Utah — Federal officials signed an agreement with leaders of the Navajo Nation on Friday that provides funding for clean drinking water infrastructure for reservation residents and resolves questions about longstanding Navajo claims to water rights in the drought-stricken U.S. West.

The signing formalizes the Utah Navajo Water Rights Settlement, which became law in 2020 as part of President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill. As part of the agreement, the federal government will pay the Navajo Nation $210 million for drinking water infrastructure in San Juan County — the part of the 27,00-square-mile (71,000-square kilometer) reservation that lies in Utah.

Many Navajo homes lack running water. Residents often fill containers at public taps or rely on water deliveries from volunteer organizations.

“As we seek to strengthen Indigenous communities and support tribal self-governance, today’s action and all of these investments will help provide the Navajo Nation with autonomy and flexibility to design and build appropriate water projects that will address current and future water needs,” U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said at a signing ceremony on the Navajo Nation.

Utah, which was also party to the agreement, will pay the Navajo $8 million as part of the settlement.

“We had two real problems in our state. One was the Navajo Nation had claims to the Colorado (River) that would impair Utah’s water rights,” U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney told The Salt Lake Tribune. “The other concern we had was about half the Navajo Nation residents (in Utah) didn’t have running water.”

The settlement also quantifies the Navajo Nation’s water rights, quelling Utah’s anxieties about its long-standing claims to a share of water, including from the Colorado River.

A 1908 court decision said tribes had rights to as much water as was needed to establish permanent homelands. Though they possess senior rights, the Navajo were left out when seven western states divided up shares as part of the Colorado River Compact a century ago.

The subsequent uncertainty and potential legal battles have emerged as an urgent issue as the region reckons with a hotter, drier future with less Colorado River water to be shared.

More:Feds take unprecedented step to delay Colorado River water releases amid historic drought

The settlement recognizes the Navajo’s right to 81,500 acre-feet of Utah water and allows them to draw the water from aquifers, rivers or Lake Powell, if they choose. The agreement also allows the Navajo to lease unused water to entities off the reservation and guarantees they won’t lose water rights not put to use.

It’s one of 16 tribal water rights settlements that the Biden administration is devoting $1.7 billion to fund from the recently enacted federal infrastructure bill.

“The hard work, however, must continue until all homes across the Navajo Nation have clean water running in faucets for all Navajo families,” Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez told the newspaper.

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BROOKFIELD, MA – May 2022 — Fun, fitness and philanthropy are the three goals of the inaugural Wild Bill Swim Challenge being held at the Quacumquasit (South) Pond public beach on Sunday, August 7, 2022, according to Jennifer Yorzyk Triger, organizer of the event.

Yorzyk created the event in memory of her father, Dr. William (Bill) Yorzyk, who died in 2020. It ties together his passions of swimming, competition, and South Pond.

Swimming & Competition

Yorzyk won an Olympic Gold Medal in the 200-meter Butterfly event at the 1956 Summer Olympics, just seven years after learning to swim as a freshman at Springfield College. He was a five-time NCAA All American who set a total of 11 World Records. In the 1970s he used his swimming skills, diving experience, and knowledge of physiology gained through swimming and his medical training and experience, to assist in the development of diving tables still in use today. Yorzyk swam competitively into his 70s and passed on his love of the sport to his sons and daughter.

A Love of South Pond

Yorzyk and his wife Carrol moved to South Pond more than 30 years ago, drawn by the quiet wooded setting, fish and wildlife and the clear lake water perfect for swimming. When the purity of the lake water was threatened, Bill, Carrol and others founded the Quaboag Quacumquasit Lake Association (QQLA). QQLA is dedicated to preserving and protecting the quality of Quaboag (North Pond) and Quacumquasit (South Pond) lakes and the surrounding watershed through the promotion of responsible, effective environmental policies. Proceeds from the Wild Bill Swim & Paddle Challenge will help fund a matching grant to benefit the Quacumquasit Pond Phosphorus Inactivation Project that was recently approved and funded by the Federal Clean Water Act Section 319 Grant Program.

The Town of Sturbridge, which is managing the project, is working with QQLA, the ESS Environmental Group, and Solitude Lake Management to conduct an alum treatment targeting deep phosphorus-rich sediment in South Pond that could be completed as early as spring 2023.

The project is expected to increase water clarity, improve cold deep-water fish habitat for trout, reduce future risk due to algal blooms, and protect the lake from further water quality degradation. The project will also help reduce phosphorus in Quaboag Pond and the Chicopee River watershed.

“With the Wild Bill Swim & Paddle Challenge we’ve created an event where people will enjoy the beautiful water of South Pond while at the same time supporting its sustained cleanliness,” explains Jenn Yorzyk.

Events For All Ages & Abilities

The Wild Bill Swim & Paddle Challenge will hold four open water events for all ages and abilities.

• A three-mile open water swim with an 8 a.m. start and a maximum swim time of two hours and 30 minutes.
• A one-mile open water swim with an 8 a.m. start and a no maximum swim time .
• A one-mile paddleboard/swim relay for two entrants with a 10:30 a.m. start.
• A one-way 400-yard swim with an 11:30 a.m start.

There will also be entertainment, food and a Vintage Bathing Beauties & Blokes Pageant to commemorate Yorzyk’s 1956 Olympic Gold win. The event will conclude with a celebration of winners on the South Pond beach at 12:30 p.m.

“I have had the joy of taking to these open water swims with other South Pond residents and guests. They are challenging and exhilarating. Swimming in South Pond in the summer is like having your entire body caressed by velvet.” said Jenn Yorzyk. “I’m looking forward to sharing the experience with others through the Wild Bill Swim Challenge.”

Entrance fees will vary based on event, with a deadline for the 3 & 1 mile enrollment of July 25. Relay,  400 yard fun swim & Pageant participants can register on the day of.

Volunteers and sponsorships are also needed.

For more information email Jenn Yorzyk at [email protected] or watch for additional announcements in the Life on South Pond and Quaboag Pond Community pages on Facebook (Group: The Wild Bill Swim & Paddle Challenge), Instagram (@wildbilllswim) and the QQLA website at qqla.org.  The Wild Bill Swim & Paddle Challenge website will contain more information about registration and the day’s events has gone live! www.wildbillswim.org

Donations are also being received via www.gofundme.com/the-wild-bill-swim-and-paddle-challenge.

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Table water producers in Aba, the commercial heart centre of Abia State have threatened to relocate to Akwa Ibom State, an emerging industrial state in the South-South geo-political zone, if the unbearable tax regime of the Ikpeazu administration persists.

They have already sent a warning signal to the authorities by withdrawing their products and services since May 26 2022, citing unfriendly activities of government revenue collectors and touts.

The umbrella body of the producers of the ubiquitous pure water (sachet water) said its decision to withdraw its services and products is the last resort to protect their businesses​ from a total collapse.

They said they have been going through an excruciating and extremely difficult situation with government revenue collectors which has left them indebted and out of business due to the activities of some people who are masquerading as government revenue collection agents and uncountable touts.

Their Chairman, Ejikeme Uzoma, says the decision to withdraw their products and services will remain in force until the situation that necessitated their strike action is adequately addressed by the government.

He said that the regime of multiple taxations, harassment of their members by all manners of touts, and constant seizure of the operational vehicles of their members by those posing as government revenue collectors have made Aba unfavourable for business.

He said that all the harassment coupled with the already harsh business environment is threatening to force them out of business, hence their resolve to alert the people, and authorities of the state of their predicament.

Uzoma further noted that, if nothing is done urgently to address the issues at hand, it will not be long before his members will close shop.

“Let me state here clearly that Aba has become a kind of dumping ground for all manners of touts. These touts, go about harassing and intimidating our members on a daily basis under the guise of collecting one type of revenue or the other.

“Daily, the operational vehicles of our members are Impounded for no just reason. The immediate cause of our strike action now is the decision by the Abia State Signage and Advertising Agency (ABSAA) to levy our members a yearly rent of One hundred thousand naira (N100,000) as against the normal N10,000. We have been paying.

“Under the Abia state Revenue Harmonization law of 2020, we have been paying ten thousand naira. But all of a sudden, we received a letter from ABSAA that we should be paying one hundred thousand naira.

“And when we queried the decision, they said we should pay fifty thousand naira. The question is, how many of our members are having up to fifty thousand naira as their overall capital?

“Besides that, and despite the existence of the Abia state harmonized Revenue Law, we are harassed and intimidated by touts to pay all manners of taxes. Now the situation has reached a choking point, that we can no longer tolerate it. That is why we are embarking on this strike action, to draw attention to our plight”, he said.

Uzoma is therefore calling on Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to urgently come to their aid before the Aba table water producers are completely driven out of business.

“Our members are of the firm belief that the governor is not aware of the activities of these touts and all the illegal revenue collectors.

“We believe that it was the Governor’s honest intentions to control this ugly situation within the state Revenue collection system that goaded him into signing the state Revenue Harmonization law in 2020.

“So we are calling on him to come to our rescue now, to save our businesses from collapse, as well as save several thousands of jobs which our members generate”, he adds.

One of the industry player told this reporter that Akwa Ibom could be a destination for most of them if the multiple tax regime continues.

There are a lot of thriving Igbo businesses in Akwa Ibom as the Udom administration continues to push for the industrialization of the state.

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Describing the water and natural beauty of Hatirjheel as “a priceless resource” in the verdict, the court said it cannot be destroyed. It also banned the allocation of hotels, restaurants and other commercial organisations in the project.

The panel of Justice Md Ashraful Kamal and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil announced the verdict on Jun 30, 2021 after hearing a writ petition. The court made the remarks in the full version of the verdict which was published on Tuesday.

Following some media reports, the Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh had filed the writ petition in 2018 seeking an order to remove the structures that are not in the original plan of Hatirjheel.

”Every drop of water is valuable. No resource can be more valuable than water, especially pure drinking water. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent the pollution of every drop of water,” the full verdict reads.

The court provided the following directives and recommendations:

Directives:

# According to the constitution, Environment Act, Water Act and Turag River Act, the Begunbari-Hatirjheel area, which is the “lung of Dhaka”, is a “public trust property”.

# Any commercial establishment, including hotels and restaurants in the Hatirjheel are illegal according to the constitution, Environment Act, Water Act and Turag River Act. 

# All commercial establishments, including hotels and restaurants in the Hatirjheel Project area are declared illegal.

# All commercial establishments, including hotels and restaurants, are ordered to be evicted within 60 days of receiving the copy of the verdict.

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# A separate authority should be constituted under the direct supervision of the prime minister to conserve, develop and maintain the Hatirjhell-Begunbari Project.

# Appoint BUET’s civil engineering department and the Army’s 24th Brigade as the consultants of the project. 

# The authorities must construct underground toilets and arrange for drinking water, ways for the movement of people with disabilities and separate cycle lanes in Hatirjheel.

# All types of motorised vessels and water taxis should be banned as they are harmful to the water.

# The lake must be turned into a sanctuary for fish. 

# The Hatirjheel-Begunbari project should be renamed after renowned Bengali scientist Jagdish Chandra Bose.

# Revenue budget fund should be allocated to conserve, develop and maintain the Hatirjhell-Begunbari Project.

Manzill Murshid, the lawyer for the petitioner Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh, hailed the verdict as “significant”. RAJUK appealed against the verdict after it was announced, but their appeal was turned down.

“As the verdict has been published now, they can file a regular appeal and the court will give its final decision. We hope the court will uphold this verdict,” Murshid said.

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In Ethiopia, where an ongoing drought is the worst in 40 years, getting drinking water for the day can involve walking for eight hours. Some wells are drying up. As climate change progresses, water scarcity keeps getting worse. But new technology in development at the University of Texas at Austin could help: Using simple, low-cost materials, it harvests water from the air, even in the driest climates.

“The advantage of taking water moisture from the air is that it’s not limited geographically,” says Youhong “Nancy” Guo, lead author of a new study in Nature Communications that describes the technology.

[Image: The University of Texas at Austin/Cockrell School of Engineering]Taking water from the air, or “atmospheric water harvesting,” isn’t new. But in arid environments, it’s difficult to capture much moisture, and it’s also energy intensive. The researchers changed the process by using different materials. One component is konjac gum, a powder made from an Asian root vegetable that’s sometimes used as a dietary supplement to add fiber. The open pores in the material help expose it to air, and when it’s combined with a type of salt, it naturally absorbs moisture. (It’s the same basic process that makes salt or sugar clump up if it’s left open and exposed to air.) The scientists added the ingredients to a plant-based polymer that’s designed to quickly capture water and then release it when it’s heated.

[Image: The University of Texas at Austin/Cockrell School of Engineering]“It’s the salt that actually wants the water, but the whole polymer ‘mattress’ is helping it perform better,” says Guo. “If you just use the salt, it’s going to take 10 hours to absorb and release the water—it’s really slow. But if we’re using our polymer films, absorbing only takes an hour, and [releasing the water] only takes 10 minutes. We speed up the kinetics, so more cycles can be done each day.” The prototype the researchers made can produce more than six liters of clean drinking water per day in very dry climates—places with less than 15% relative humidity—and 13 liters a day in areas with up to 30% relative humidity, enough for a small family. (The U.S. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency, which funded the work, is interested in using it to make water for soldiers in deserts.)

As the material is optimized, it could produce more water. It could also potentially be scaled up for larger applications, like irrigating crops. In areas that have more humidity but contaminated water, it could be used as a source of safe drinking water. The need is huge: Globally, one in three people don’t have access to clean drinking water.

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Memorial Day weekend traditionally marks the start of Chicago’s summer beach and boating season. Here’s what to know before you hit the sand and water.

Chicago beaches

Open: May 27 through Sept. 5. The inland beach at Humboldt Park is expected to open in late June.

Swimming: Lake Michigan’s water temperature is currently hovering slightly above 50 degrees. For those willing to brave a bracing dip, swimming is only allowed when lifeguards are on duty, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Juneway, Rogers, Howard and Fargo beaches are closed for swimming this season due to erosion.  

Water safety

Status alerts: Color-coded flags indicate whether conditions and water quality are safe for swimming. A green flag means swimming is permitted; red means no swimming, either because of dangerous weather or poor water quality. A yellow flag means swimming is permitted but caution is advised, either because the weather is unpredictable or there are high levels of bacteria in the water. The Park District posts the current status of every beach online.  

Check the buoy: For a look at real-time conditions on Lake Michigan, visit the webcam feed provided by Chuoy the Buoy, situated off Navy Pier. The buoy also logs up-to-the-minute information on wave height, wind speed, water temperature and more.

Be prepared: The Park District is holding free water safety trainings at various beaches June 1, 8, 15 and 22, at 5:30 p.m. (click here for locations). Life rings have been installed along the lakefront and signage has been updated in areas where swimming is not allowed.

Recreation rules

— Dogs are only allowed in designated dog areas.

— Grilling is only permitted in designated areas. Dispose of coals in provided metal containers.

— Kiteboarding is only permitted at Montrose Beach. 

— Paddlers on the lake should wear a bright-colored and reflective life jacket and clothing. Never assume a larger vessel can see you. 

Contact Patty Wetli: @pattywetli | (773) 509-5623 |  [email protected]

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