Episode 28 - New Water Technologies

.@OohoWater is an edible water! It's environmentally friendly & cheaper to produce than plastic bottles: https://t.co/OqvuiWOXox #CleanSeas pic.twitter.com/A8e7r794ia

— UN Environment (@UNEP) April 12, 2017

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Episode Highlights:

• [4:36] The Birthday Game - Beverly Cleary, David Letterman and Pete Rose.
  
  
• [8:45] Brent gives some follow-up on last week's podcast - after missing our podcast on water in sports. Brent has some info to share.
  • For the Masters Tournament they bring in golf course superintendents from all of the country and each one is given one hole to manage. 
    
    
• ​[13:10] Water Allocation Update - The Bureau of Reclamation boosts water allocation to 100 percent for west-side farmers.
  
  
• [14:50] Water Technologies - Our assignment this week was to come up with two water technologies we did not know existed.
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  • Ohoo - the edible water bubble.
    
    

• [19:27] Orange you glad to have clean water - Scientists have figured out a new use for orange peels.
  
  
  • ​3.8 million tons of citrus peels go to waste each year.  A new use for this waste is as a material in wastewater treatment facilities to filter out bad metals and other pollutants. 
    
    
• [21:29] New irrigation product - Brent's friend has been developing a flow sensor that has no moving parts and can measure pressure and volume of water more accurately. 
  
  
• [23:02] Gadget Grabs More Solar Energy to Disinfect Water Faster​ - harnesses the sun to disinfect water in 20 minutes. 
  
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