Let's Build Gonave, Haiti!

Early on in my blog writing I mentioned building reservoirs to help with Gonave's water troubles.  Wells serve a small purpose but a larger more stable piece of infrastructure would be reservoirs.  Much of the rain that falls on Gonave isn't captured, and just runs into the ocean or absorbed into the soil.  Once absorbed, wells are usually dug by NGO's.  While this is a great thing, and we encourage it, building wells is places a bandaid on a bullet wound.  Reservoirs provide a stable source of water, which can be treated, and then supplied to nearby homes and factories.  Even building a 5 acre reservoir that are a few feet deep will provide a large source of water.  Water collected from homes, buildings, etc, can then be diverted in special channels to help fill up the reservoir.  Along with the water conservation efforts I mentioned in a previous post, water will be less of a concern and issue.  When you couple this with using natura...

When Gonave is developed, it needs to have a plan setup immediately to deal with many different issues.  One issue that should be of high importance is Water Conservation.  This can be achieved in many different ways.  Given the poor water availability to begin with, it is very important that a water conservation plan be developed early.  A big way to help with water conservation is to reuse water.  Gray water, or water from showers, kitchens, washing machines, etc can be reused.  This water can be used for irrigation, to flush toliets, and to water parks.  Many other uses can happen with gray water. Miniminimizing the amount of water that is used is another way for water conservation.  Having toliets that hold less water, and toliets that have different water volumes for liquid vs solid waste.  Special shower and faucet nozzles that slow the amount of water that comes out are also good ways. Gonave could require that no one is allowed...

So as you may know I moved my offices from Albuquerque, to Seattle.  The move was pretty smooth, and only when I arrived in Seattle did I have a few hiccups.  So I am sorry for not having any updates. I will have a few updates starting tomorrow when I talk about water conservation on Gonave.  I also will re-visit the topic of water, and things that could be done early on to move Gonave in the right direction and be a leader in the region on water conservation. Future updates will focus on the topic of compost, and beer.  I have been working on the New World Ale beer, and I am still going to go the Ginger Beer. Go Gonave!