Downspout screen filters are installed inline with downspout pipes or at the outfall of the gutter to deflect debris from the conveyed water stream. Each independent downspout that fills a tank needs its own downspout filter. Some downspout filters deflect debris away using an angled filter screen at the top of the device, while allowing rainwater to continue down through the filer device to the downspout pipe and on to the tank. Downspout filters are designed to deflect debris but still need to be inspected and maintained to ensure debris does not accumulate. For more information on Downspouts Screen Filters join the Clean Water Conversation slated for November 6 at Uncle Tilo’s Clean Water in the Pahoa Marketplace. 10am to noon. Bring a lawn chair! https://www.tiloscleanwater.com/education.html
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It's that back to school, pumpkin spice, and water testing season. We currently have water test kits available for testing your water before the entertaining / holiday season begins. Keep your family & guests clean water safe!Hilo Bay, Hawai'i |
Erupting volcanoes release gases, particularly sulfur dioxide -SO2. In a series of reactions in the atmosphere, the SO2 combines with water molecules, forming a dilute sulfuric acid that returns to the earth as acid rain. Kilauea volcano releases 350 metric tons per day of SO2 during eruptive pauses, and 1850 metric tons per day during active eruption. Acid rain caught in catchment systems does not have the opportunity to benefit from the earth’s natural buffers. Acid rain increases leaching of metals including lead and other system materials into the water. Water in catchment tanks in Hawai‘i that are downwind of the volcanic plume have often had pH readings as low as 4. | Raise pH levels in your tank by adding baking soda (sodium bicarbonate). Which you’ll add each time the tank replenishes itself. Uncle Tilo’s Acid Rain Mineral Pack with granulated calcite (also known as calcium carbonate) and Corosex (also known as magnesium) will provide slow continuous release of minerals into the tank. During an active flow we recommend to also add in baking soda for added measure. |
Join us First Saturday, Pahoa marketplace - 10am to 12noon
for free Clean Water Education!
Bring a lawn chair!
Those on well water....do you have Quantum Disinfection for water disinfection?
The public is advised to stay out of flood waters and storm water runoff due to possible overflowing cesspools, sewer, manholes, pesticides, animal fecal matter, dead animals, pathogens, chemicals, and associated flood debris. Not all coastal areas may be impacted by runoff, however, if the water is brown stay out. Continue to practice good personal hygiene and follow-up with your primary care physician if you have any health concerns.
First Saturday Water Education
October 2, 2021 - 47th Free Class
Without clean water all infrastructure will ultimately fail.
Empowerment through Education
Classes offer active discussions on rainwater harvesting practices, systems components and water quality. | First Saturdays Pahoa Marketplace 10am to 12 noon Bring a lawn chair! | Your family's water supply is an investment. |
Education supports and strengthens the participation in communities for
improving rainwater and well water for household use and consumption.
The quality of your water is a direct link to the quality of your health.
https://www.tiloscleanwater.com/rainwater-catchment.html
Water efficiency is the smart use of our water resources
Using water efficiently will help ensure reliable water supplies today and for future generations. Best of all, everyone can play their part in preserving our nation's water resources. With the simple steps and informational tools below, you'll find that it's easier than ever.
Save Indoors
Fix a leak:Small household leaks can add up to gallons of water lost every day. That's why WaterSense reminds Americans to check their plumbing fixtures and irrigation systems each year in March during Fix a Leak Week.
In the bathroom—where over half of all water use inside a home takes place:
In the kitchen—whip up a batch of big water savings:
In the laundry room—where you can be clean AND green:
Save Indoors
Fix a leak:Small household leaks can add up to gallons of water lost every day. That's why WaterSense reminds Americans to check their plumbing fixtures and irrigation systems each year in March during Fix a Leak Week.
In the bathroom—where over half of all water use inside a home takes place:
- Turn off the tap while shaving or brushing teeth.
- Showers use less water than baths, as long as you keep an eye on how long you've been lathering up.
In the kitchen—whip up a batch of big water savings:
- Plug up the sink or use a wash basin if washing dishes by hand.
- Use a dishwasher—and when you do, make sure it's fully loaded!
- Scrape your plate instead of rinsing it before loading it into the dishwasher.
- Keep a pitcher of drinking water in the refrigerator instead of letting the faucet run until the water is cool.
- Thaw in the refrigerator overnight rather than using a running tap of hot water.
- Add food wastes to your compost pile instead of using the garbage disposal.
In the laundry room—where you can be clean AND green:
- Wash only full loads of laundry or use the appropriate water level or load size selection on the washing machine.
- To save money on your energy bills, set your washing machine to use cold water rather than hot or warm water.
Without Clean Water All Development Efforts Will Ultimately Fail.
Launched in 2014, the Aloha+ Challenge identifies six priority goals and local metrics that are delivering against the global United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Hawai‘i Green Growth Local 2030 Hub and partners are catalyzing island-led solutions to drive concrete action. Visit the Aloha+ Dashboard to see statewide progress and benchmark data on the Aloha+ SDGs and Hawai‘i's contribution to the global goals.
Building the Rainwater Harvest workforce creates multiple benefits for our island community.
The Rainwater Harvester water sector is facing new growths like never before.
The Rainwater Harvester water sector is facing new growths like never before.
It is very important that those using water from a rainwater catchment system understand all the potential dangers. In Hawaii, there are no government agencies overseeing the safety of your catchment system.
It is up to you as the owner or user of the system to know how to maintain the water source and use it in a manner appropriate for yourself and your family. Without certified and trained water workers to support education, services, and products for Clean Water, our community will struggle in many ways but most importantly in our health. After all, the quality of our water is a direct link to the quality of our health.
In addressing this challenge, we have an opportunity to invest in our communities and build a more inclusive water workforce. By creating targeted workforce development programs, we can prepare individuals for future employment to service Rainwater Harvesters. Together we can work through these challenges through community engagement and professional development.
Do you seek an opportunity to be part of the solution for Clean Water for our Community, obtain certification and complete field training for a career providing Clean Water products and services for Rainwater Harvesters? If so, send your cover letter expressing your desire along with a current resume to:
Uncle Tilo's Clean Water LLC
RR#2, Box 4519
Pahoa, Hawaii 96778
no phone calls please
In addressing this challenge, we have an opportunity to invest in our communities and build a more inclusive water workforce. By creating targeted workforce development programs, we can prepare individuals for future employment to service Rainwater Harvesters. Together we can work through these challenges through community engagement and professional development.
Do you seek an opportunity to be part of the solution for Clean Water for our Community, obtain certification and complete field training for a career providing Clean Water products and services for Rainwater Harvesters? If so, send your cover letter expressing your desire along with a current resume to:
Uncle Tilo's Clean Water LLC
RR#2, Box 4519
Pahoa, Hawaii 96778
no phone calls please
Rainwater Harvesters in Hawai'i are responsible for the condition of their water.
With Quantum Disinfection your water is pathogen free.
The quality of your water is a direct link to the quality of your health.
Did you know there was a Brown Water Advisory at Hilo Bay and along the Hamakua Coast on Hawai‘i?
8/12/2021
Issue Date: Jul 26, 2021 Cancellation Date: Aug 12, 2021
The Brown Water Advisory that was issued at Hilo Bay and along the Hamakua Coast on Hawai‘i beginning July 26 has ended today, August 12, 2021.
Recent heavy rain has resulted in stormwater runoff entering into coastal waters. The public is advised to stay out of flood waters and storm water runoff due to possible overflowing cesspools, sewer, manholes, pesticides, animal fecal matter, dead animals, pathogens, chemicals, and associated flood debris. Not all coastal areas may be impacted by runoff, however, if the water is brown stay out. Continue to practice good personal hygiene and follow-up with your primary care physician if you have any health concerns.
There Are Three Types of People: Those Who Make Things Happen, Those Who Watch Things Happen, and Those Who Wonder What Happened.
We seek eight community members to become
committee members to assist on Clean Water endeavors.
Join us!
Retired and want to have some fun? | One, two, or even 4 hours a week empowers Rainwater Harvesters towards clean water. The time is now. |
There are many opportunities to shine like a rock star joining this endeavor.
JOIN US
There are many projects to implement and address.
First and foremost, education.
Secondly grants to write, and third implement Global Showcase opportunities focused on Clean Water.
First and foremost, education.
Secondly grants to write, and third implement Global Showcase opportunities focused on Clean Water.
While rainwater catchment systems on individual homes are not regulated in Hawai'i,
Uncle Tilo's Clean Water LLC encourages homeowners to take responsibility for appropriate measures for Clean Water.
Change is on the horizon. Either we get ahead of it and be a part of it or we will be informed of it.
After all, the quality of our water is a direct link to the quality of our health.
Uncle Tilo's Clean Water LLC encourages homeowners to take responsibility for appropriate measures for Clean Water.
Change is on the horizon. Either we get ahead of it and be a part of it or we will be informed of it.
After all, the quality of our water is a direct link to the quality of our health.
Send your BIO to Uncle.tilo@gmail.com
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Uncle Tilo's Clean Water LLC
Pahoa, Hawai'i 808.965.1026
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Mark you calendars and join us rain or shine!
Saturday, August 7, 10am to noon
Pahoa Marketplace Storefront - Bring a lawn chair!
Great place to learn, meet other Rainwater Harvesters and share knowledge and tools for Clean Water.
https://www.tiloscleanwater.com/quantum-disinfection.html
Mark your calendars 2nd Mondays and join us!
Guest Speaker Kendra Tidwell, August 9, 2021
As an Entrepreneur with a background in Communication, lifelong Puna resident Kendra Tidwell thrives on approaching business coaching from both creative and logistical perspectives. She has studied interpersonal and small group communication, public relations, conflict resolution and mediation, leadership, and mentorship facilitation.
Her professional history includes over a decade of retail and customer service work, time in governmental legislation, management of the Hawaiian Shores homeowner's association, and now, consulting with high-end residential contractors across the country. She's volunteered on various boards, and ran a youth mentoring group at local schools for over 5 years.
Her coaching brand Sage Business Solutions facilitates group or private conversations where Hawaii business owners gain clarity in where their business currently stands, where they'd like it to be, and how to get it there.
Must register to attend.
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The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) is retesting Old Kona Airport, Hawai‘i. Levels of 150 per 100 mL were detected during routine beach monitoring. DOH is uncertain about the representativeness of the first sample. This beach has historically met the acceptable beach threshold level, and there is no known source of fecal contamination. Therefore, DOH has collected another sample and is retesting the site. DOH will update the notification based on the results of this retesting.
The wellspring of Lake Mead created by the dam’s blocking of the Colorado River has plummeted to a historic low as states in the west face hefty cuts in their water supplies.
Had the formidable white arc of the Hoover dam never held back the Colorado River, the US west would probably have no Los Angeles or Las Vegas as we know them today. No sprawling food bowl of wheat, alfalfa and corn. No dreams of relocating to live in a tamed desert. The river, and dam, made the west; now the climate crisis threatens to break it.
The situation here is emblematic of a planet slowly, inexorably overheating. And the catastrophic consequences of the extreme weather this brings.
The situation here is emblematic of a planet slowly, inexorably overheating. And the catastrophic consequences of the extreme weather this brings.
by Oliver Millman
Thirteen public schools on the Big Island were found to have elevated levels of lead in their tap water, state agencies announced Thursday.
The Big Island schools that had lead levels higher than 15 ppb:
• Honaunau Elementary, with two of 45 taps;
• Honokaa Elementary, with three of 52 taps;
• Hookena Elementary, with one of 14 taps;
• Kahakai Elementary, with two of 80 taps;
• Kalanianaole Elementary, seven of 47 taps. One tap at Kalanianaole, a sink in room D82 , tested at 398 ppb, by far the highest lead level WIIN recorded on the island;
• Kapiolani Elementary, nine of 56 taps;
• Kau High and Pahala Elementary, three of 50 taps;
• Ke Kula O Ehunuikaimalino, two of 17 taps;
• Keaukaha Elementary, three of 42 taps;
• Mountain View Elementary, one of 66 taps;
• Paauilo Elementary and Intermediate, four of 40 taps;
• Waiakea Elementary, five of 95 taps; and
• Waiakeawaena Elementary, three of 67 taps.
The other schools tested that did not have elevated lead levels include Haaheo Elementary, Hilo Union Elementary, Holualoa Elementary, Kaumana Elementary, Kealakehe Elementary, Naalehu Elementary and Pahoa Elementary.
Kohala and Waimea elementaries also were tested, but results for those schools have not yet been released.
Prolonged lead exposure can cause learning difficulties and neurocognitive disorders in children, Felton said.
By MICHAEL BRESTOVANSKY
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Friday, July 23, 2021
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Friday, July 23, 2021
WASHINGTON — Local water utilities worried about getting hit with lawsuits and high cleanup costs are stepping up their lobbying of Congress as lawmakers move to regulate toxic chemicals found in drinking water.
The bill, the PFAS Action Act of 2021, has garnered bipartisan support and two Michigan lawmakers, U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) and Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), are expected to bring the measure to the House floor for passage later this week.
The legislation would direct EPA to regulate two of the most studied types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in drinking water. It would also designate those two chemicals as hazardous substances, which would kickstart federal cleanup standards.
But water utilities representing local governments are also amping up their lobbying on the regulation of the “forever chemicals,” which are linked to multiple health problems such as high cholesterol, thyroid disease, and testicular and kidney cancer.
“The water utilities are not responsible for PFAS in drinking water,” said Mike Keegan, a regulatory analyst at the National Rural Water Association, which is a trade group that represents local water utilities in rural areas across all 50 states.
The bill, the PFAS Action Act of 2021, has garnered bipartisan support and two Michigan lawmakers, U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) and Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), are expected to bring the measure to the House floor for passage later this week.
The legislation would direct EPA to regulate two of the most studied types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in drinking water. It would also designate those two chemicals as hazardous substances, which would kickstart federal cleanup standards.
But water utilities representing local governments are also amping up their lobbying on the regulation of the “forever chemicals,” which are linked to multiple health problems such as high cholesterol, thyroid disease, and testicular and kidney cancer.
“The water utilities are not responsible for PFAS in drinking water,” said Mike Keegan, a regulatory analyst at the National Rural Water Association, which is a trade group that represents local water utilities in rural areas across all 50 states.
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The Hawai‘i State Department of Health has canceled the notification for Hilo Bay (Canoe Beach), Hawai‘i. Water sample retesting results show that enterococci levels no longer exceed the threshold level.
The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) is retesting Hilo Bay (Canoe Beach), Hawai‘i. Levels of 178 per 100 mL were detected during routine beach monitoring. DOH is uncertain about the representativeness of the first sample.
This beach has historically met the acceptable beach threshold level, and there is no known source of fecal contamination. Therefore, DOH has collected another sample and is retesting the site. DOH will update the notification based on the results of this retesting.