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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.

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.

Water Is Alive managed the first of its kind demonstration of the Trinity River Bioremediation Demonstration Project from June 15th to July 27th of 2022. We added 21,000 gallons of fermented onion extracts, donated by Diamond Onions of Dallas, to the column of water in a 120-acre cell at a constructed wetland. The Wetlands is a 2000-acre constructed wetland and the water filter for the 2.5 million North Texas residents.

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.

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!

The proposed location of the Trinity River Bioremediation Demonstration Project is Joe's Creek. This video is recorded on a warm summer day during a survey of Joe's Creek, near downtown Dallas. We are raising funds to test Water Is Alive's biofilters in these waters that contain high levels of e-coli. The methods we will use in three kinds of biofilters are myceliated (mushroom) filters and food grade bacteria that eat the e coli in the water. Our tests will have very minimal impact on the creek bed or the banks and promise to improve water quality. We have qualified for Nationwide Permit 18 and with your support we can prove in Joe's Creek how YOU TOO can use microorganisms to clean up contaminated water! For more information check out the Permit page on www.waterisalive.org
Thanks for watching, enjoy the trip!

We hope this is inspiring you to Bokashi compost and do something excellent like clean a friends fridge!

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An introduction to Bokashi

What is Bioremediation?

Bioremediation has been happening on Earth for 3.5 billion years. Since the existence of the first single-celled organisms on earth over 3.5 billion years ago, microorganisms have been eating hazardous compounds and breaking them down. This is one of the oldest natural technologies and can be strategically applied to include the clean-up of modern environmental contamination. Romans applied microorganisms to clean their wastewater. This form of bioremediation is documented as early as 600 BC.

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