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WATER IS ALIVE | Bioremediation for a healthier planet.

The time for a paradigm shift is upon us.

The current ways we interact with and take advantage of the life-giving forces of our physical surroundings are driving us down the wrong road (just look out your window). These forces — clean, fresh water; healthful air; nutrient-rich soil; and diverse habitat — are continually under threat due to systems and powers that allow for an abuse of contaminants that put every one of us at risk of poor health and wellbeing.

We have the power, the resources, and the know-how to implement sustainable self-compliance on a personal and corporate level with real results that can activate us to clean up the earth. For businesses, investing in and reporting on Environmental governance and remediation has become an important part of business life. Our work aligns perfectly with helping companies and organizations realize their sustainability goals while reducing costs across a number of areas; most notably to help clean up and revitalize the vast agriculture and manufacturing sectors of our economy.

At the heart of our work is the billions-of-years-old fact that the power to metabolize pollution is ‘alive’ in many microorganisms. Water Is Alive was founded to prove that we can use food grade microorganisms grown on agricultural by-products and organic waste to clean up contamination. We have positive results from The Trinity River Bioremediation Project and the bio-filtration methods which can be applied to any impaired waterway. Fresh, clean water is the most important resource in our lives. And it our mission to make sure it’s available and abundant for current and future generations.

So let’s go! The ultimate mission of Water Is Alive is to drive positive action from everyone with uplifting, measurable results that will help us down a path towards a life of harmony, abundance, and regeneration.

As of May 2023, the United Nations has recognized our invaluable work to augment their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Please see some of our Projects & News below!

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West Fork of the Trinity River
Controlled testing at Texas A&M AgriLife turf facility
Organic water filters made of mushrooms!

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We passed through the Wachau Valley early in the morning in August of 2019. The Ama Magna entered the valley in twilight and almost all the passengers aboard were still sleeping. This photo and video log is of the stunning scenery, Ama Magna's 14th time to pass through the Wachau Valley in her first season on the water. The images are shown in the order they were taken as we were traveling up-stream between Krems and Melk. Indeed, the land of creme and milk and honey, and wine as crisp and powerful as this valley where the grapes are grown. Permitted grape varieties in the valley include: (monovarietal or as cuvées): Grüner Veltliner, Riesling, Weissburgunder, Grauburgunder, Chardonnay, Neuburger, Muskateller, Sauvignon Blanc, Traminer, Frühroter Veltliner, Müller Thurgau, Muskat Ottonel, Roter Veltliner, Gemischter Satz, Blauer Burgunder, Sankt Laurent and Zweigelt (yum yummmmm). Grüß Gott Liebe Freunde! Some history of the valley as found on Wikipedia: The Wachau is an Austrian valley with a picturesque landscape formed by the Danube river. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations of Lower Austria, located midway between the towns of Melk and Krems that also attracts "connoisseurs and epicureans" for its high-quality wines. It is 36 kilometres (22 mi) in length and was already settled in prehistoric times. The architectural elegance of its ancient monasteries (Melk Abbey and Göttweig Abbey), castles and ruins combined with the urban architecture of its towns and villages, and the cultivation of vines as an important agricultural produce are the dominant features of the valley. Music by Andreas Vollenweider.
Thank you Janet, The Wagner Family of Wines and Ama Magna Friends and Crew! It was The Love Boat in every way for me. You all made my life, what a dream, floating together gently up stream...
The first Trinity River Bioremediation Demonstration Project was finally completed in the summer of 2022! This video shows our three project locations. The first is at Joe's Creek in Dallas, a historically polluted stream with high levels of E coli and lots of trash, and in this video grease, flowing into the Trinity River. The second project location is at Cesaro Lake in Mansfield, Texas. The lake is not shown but the creek flowing into Cesario Lake is shown with onion and pineapple biofilters before and after they were assembled and placed in the stream. The residents living on Cesaro Lake said the lake was cleaner and more free of algae than it had been in more than 10 years. The third site of the Trinity River Bioremediation Demonstration was in a constructed wetland in North Texas. This is the filter for 2.5 million North Texas residents. We applied 21,000 gallons of fermenting onion extracts to the water flowing into the wetland from the Trinity River over 45-days in June and July of 2022. After 65-days from the beginning of the application of the fermenting onion extract, environmental sampling showed a substancial reduction of organic nitrogen and ammonia in the sediment. This video will help people learn how to conduct this nutrient reduction program in a nutrient loaded local stream. Most of the substrates, including the onions, pineapples and coffee bags were donated. The microorganisms, molasses, buckets, sisal twine and rope were purchased. We encourage everyone to learn about bioremediation and what you can do to clean our watersheds and save our planet. This project demonstrates the natural powers of food-grade microorganisms growing on food waste, and how this union improves soil and water quality. The fermenting onion extract contributes micro-nutrients, flavonoids, short chain volatile fatty acids, and much more to support the metabolic and reproductive cycles of the microbes that nourish the root systems of (aquatic) plants. The fermented onion extract is intended to boost the microbial activity in the soil, sediment or sludge. The biostimulant feeds the indigenous microbes that naturally break down E. coli and nutrients. Thank you for watching! Please forward this video to others. More information can be found at www.waterisalive.org
The greywater recycling systems in this video are examples of how we can recycle shower water and laundry water (without filtration) and use the water directly on plants and trees.
Greetings Waterlings! This is a video of a greywater recycling project from my laundry water. This is more advanced than a direct laundry-to-lawn system because of the pre-filter, three anaerobic bio-cells, and a 300 gallon mini-constructed wetland. A video of the mostly finished project is followed by pictures of the process of constructing the 300 gallon IBC tote water filter.
This video is on field tests conducted with an onion based biostimulant. The first clips show the foliar application of the onion biostimulant to the leaves of kale plants prevents a certain insect from infesting the plants. The next clip is showing the start of a field demonstration on May 3, 2022 of various rates of application, 10%, 25% and 50% of the biostimulant mixed with water and applied to corn at the time of planting. The control patch of land seeded with corn has no biostimulant. We did not add any fertilizers. We planted 4 rows at 17.5 feet long with 32 plants in each row of the biostimulant at 10%, 25% and the control patch. Each row of these 3 groups represents 1/1000 of an acre. We will be following the progress of this demonstration. The third portion is the "worst-case-scenario" study of the application of the biostimulant. By soaking the same corn seeds planted in the field study for 24 hours, we show that the seeds soaked in a 10% solution of the biostimulant looked much better and were much bigger than the control study that was only soaked in water without biostimulant. Thank you. Please comment.
This video is a tour of the AgriLife Extension Center in Dallas Texas featuring Fouad Jaber, Ph.D., P.E. Professor and Extension Specialist Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. A monumental example of how we can manage stormwater runoff with meandering berms, native plants and trees and an amazing rainwater harvesting system. Thank you Bluebonnet Resource Conservation and Development District for the Soil Builders Internship Summer Camp. Go Soil builders, GO!
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