Great Lakes-Lake Erie
Today we begin a six-part series on the Great Lakes of North America, starting with Lake Erie. Lake Erie's name comes from the Erie tribe, a shortened form of the Iroquoian word erielhonan, which means…
Filtration: Then and Now
Last week we posted about the history of filtration in Water Treatment. The first recognized instance of filtering water was credited to Hippocrates roughly 2,500 years ago, with the introduction of more…
Surface Water-Lakes: Part 2
A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable. ~William Wordsworth Like last week's post highlighting Thoreau's enjoyment of lakes, Wordsworth also recognized the beauty and the deeply…