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😦 May this explicit admission of massive wasted water resources be long-remembered here and elsewhere. This time of year nearly every year (since the !1980s!), 🕚 our agencies are forced to release stored water out to the ocean, far more than is needed to keep the delta fresh, as a method of "flood control." A *far* better conservation method is to store more water, as well providing much improved flood control. Being near 52% of normal snow-pack (measured today), there are calls for residents to conserve water, FARMS TO DECREASE FOOD PRODUCTION, etc. **Yet the agencies are being forced to waste large amounts of water** because we don't have enough storage and they fear that incoming storms will destroy infrastructure, flooding cities. We can't even store winter water when we have only FIFTY-TWO PERCENT of the normal snow-pack!?!! TIME TO ADD *LARGE AMOUNTS OF* ABOVE GROUND STORAGE (as well as underground recharge). Food is water. Water is food. 🥘 We need a new documentary, "Water Ridiculosity." #floodcontrol#flood#floods#floodrisk#floodmitigation#floodprevention#drought#droughts#californiawater#waterstorage#californiaagriculture#farming#foodie#farmlife#politics#ridiculousLos Angeles TimesSFGATEABC30

Watertown to apply for military grant to upgrade water treatment   WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - The City of Watertown, New York hopes the federal government will help fund its drinking water upgrade project.   The city plans to apply for $17 million through the Defense Community Infrastructure Program. Its application was denied last year but city leaders feel they have a stronger application this time around.   The total cost of the project to improve city drinking water is $61 million.   Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eQ8723E6   ChlorTainer is currently working with the US Army, where they will use our passive secondary containment system for the long-term storage of 1-ton and 150 lb. cylinders of potentially hazardous chemicals as a result from ongoing remediation efforts from WWII. This unique implementation of our system is the first time an organization has elected to use ChlorTainer vessels for storage rather than for chemical processing.    Learn more about ChlorTainer's work with the U.S. Army: https://lnkd.in/e_YQV4bt   Follow #ChlorTainer for more Water Industry & Chemical Industry content.    #USArmy #ChemicalSafety #ChemicalIndustry #PlantOperator #SafetyFirst #SecondaryContainment

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the 2024 #HurricaneSeason. A key part of effective disaster response is #Preparedness. Know that your Salvation Army EDS teams throughout the country have stocked supplies and are trained and ready to respond when called upon this season. Also, to help keep you and your loved ones safe, we offer this #DisasterPreparedness handbook. https://loom.ly/gOZ0jCM

New York requires USACE to overhaul flooding plan for NY-NJ harbor New York State has required the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to adopt a multi-climate hazard lens for its New York-New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Study. #NewYork #USACE #Flooding

US Army Corps of Engineers reinforced post-Katrina New Orleans against a '100-year storm.' After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, essential engineering changes were made to the city. Drafted in to reinforce the city’s defenses against natural disasters, US Army Corps of Engineers were tasked with constructing a two-mile long, 26-foot high flood wall, improved pumps and a much-improved canal network to prevent future flooding. Meant to prevent a “100-year storm” (an extreme weather event with a 1% probability of occurring in any given year), the US Army Corps of Engineers went above and beyond to protect the city against future floods by factoring in how flood levels may look in 30 years time. #kansasengineer #helpingclientsprosperandgrow #floodbarrier #USACE #NewOrleans #engineers #engineering

Ice storms, floods, forrest fires, landslides, basically anytime the Canadian Armed Forces is called upon to aid the civil power means there is a risk of injury to the body; that includes the head and brain. Just because you never deployed internationally or in a combat role does not mean you haven't experienced repeated sub-concussive events. Service in the military takes its toll, and we want to know exactly how it impacts the brain. You can help us by pledging your brain to Project Enlist Canada at https://lnkd.in/gCVTHNTQ Project Enlist Canada is proudly supported by CAMH, Le Sentier - The Trail, Anthem Sports & Entertainment Inc., and The Royal Canadian Legion #ItsNotJustCombat #concussion#concussionawereness#TBI#ProtectYourBrain#concussionrecovery#tbi#braininjury#postconcussionsyndrome#traumaticbraininjury#headinjury#braininjuryawareness#brainhealth#concussions#pcs#tbiawareness#tbisurvivor#mentalhealth#veteran#veterans

MOD So you built some homes for the troops Then you realise you forgot to insulate them properly Or Have heating in them which is inefficient Or creates mould like in other forms of housing Can’t afford heating so what do you do ? Give them a sleeping bag !!! I came across this article that was published in 2022 , I doubt if much has improved for these guys https://lnkd.in/eVjsnTbF You could just give them a far infrared heater , start with one room that won’t kill the budget .. Not sure what far infrared heating is: Check out https://lnkd.in/eW6xGFB #MOD #farinfraredheating#affordableheating

If you look beyond these DLA facilities you will also see that a massive amount of equipment is also deteriorating in 1940 style motor pools. The equipment isn’t consolidated so it is less obvious, but I contend this damage is as great or greater than what was found in this report. Infrastructure changes to include products like BAN AIR’s space optimization equipment, and modular portable buildings could reduce a significant portion of this loss and overtime save money even with initial infrastructure costs. As, I said once before, my non wealthy family invested in structures to save farming equipment, but almost all army ground systems are stored without cover in the elements.