#water (5 links)
A few months ago, the London bartender Tony Conigliaro told me that weak cocktails can be more aromatic than stronger drinks. That observation provoked me to play with the proportions of alcohol and water in spirits and wines. Then this month, a barista showed me that I could make tastier coffee by brewing it with less ground coffee and more water. It’s true, as it turned out: Water is indeed a useful flavor enhancer, exactly because it dilutes other ingredients and can change their balance for the better.
"Last month, stretches of the river Lee were included on the list of 117 "bodies of water" across England and Wales that, according a new European rating system, are now classified as "bad". In total, just five of the 6,114 rivers surveyed received the "pristine" classification; three-quarters failed to attain the "good" grading."
Npower have been dumping slurry into the Radley Lakes - once one of the largest wetland areas and the richest site for breeding birds in the entire county of Oxfordshire - for the past 20 years. Only two of the original 12 lakes remain.
- Citizen21: Saving Water: Collecting A Definitive HowTo citizen21.blogspot.com
There are too many ways to reduce water use to reduce to a throw-away top ten. I'd like to maintain this list, so that it hopefully become a definitive water saving guide
- Hippo The Water Saver hippo-the-watersaver.co.uk
Simple, proven and low cost water saving device to help conserve water in toilet cisterns. Every time a toilet is flushed the Hippo saves approximately 3 litres of water.