Water

Rural water users can finally join the 21st century with a new monitoring device

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No more running out of water and definitely no more checking water levels in minus 40 degree weather! An electronics team in Wainfleet, ON from ParemTech have developed a cloud-based water level monitor, the ptlevel, allowing rural water users with a cistern or well to remotely monitor their water levels. And more, the device has …

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Scientists warn that Earth faces severe water shortages within a generation

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The majority of people on Earth will face severe water shortages within a generation or two if pollution and waste continues unabated, scientists warned at a conference in Bonn Friday. “This handicap will be self-inflicted and is, we believe, entirely avoidable,” read a document entitled The Bonn Declaration issued at the close of the four-day …

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