#waterliteracy

[rippleeffectnola]

Water infrastructure in New Orleans is BIG! 

       When the EPNO / Ripple Effect cohort visited DPS 6 this past summer (see previous post), participants got to see the inside of a Wood Screw Pump because it was under repair. The Wood Screw Pump visible here is what draws water up and out into the London Avenue outfall canal. These are the pumps that were invented here in New Orleans, and put into operation for the past century. They are the machines that help to keep New Orleans dry when it rains.

Visit these these links to learn more about the Wood Screw Pump:

http://www.nola.com/175years/index.ssf/2012/02/albert_baldwin_wood_the_times-.html http://www.loyno.edu/~history/journal/1995-6/haydel.htm

[clairean-blog]

Water Literacy School Courtyard - A fun and enriching "water literacy" playground for a public school in Central City, New Orleans. - http://kck.st/1DoNP4k

[mkd16]

In the short span of one or two generations, the majority of the 9 billion people on Earth will be living under the handicap of severe pressure on fresh water, an absolutely essential natural resource for which there is no substitute. This handicap will be self-inflicted and is, we believe, entirely avoidable.