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Mary Catherine O'Connor

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On the Progress and Promise of Water Reuse

December 29, 2017 by mcoc

Building codes and regulations are changing—slowly—to accommodate systems that support the capture and reuse of graywater and blackwater. Architect Magazine Water is omnipresent in Virginia Beach, Va., where the Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic. Due to rising sea levels and land subsidence, sunny-day flooding during high tide is common here and in surrounding towns, stressing […]

Categories: Climate Change, Energy, Food and Agriculture, Lifecycle, Oceans, Policy, Technology • Tags: building codes, chesapeak bay, drinking water act, drought, graywater, sea level rise, water quality, water recycling, water reuse

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Sea-level rise, but no mention of ‘climate change’

May 17, 2017 by mcoc

A film maker documents sea-level rise risks facing Virginia’s Hampton Roads region, and avoids the baggage of the terms ‘climate change’ or ‘global warming.’ Yale Climate Connections In Hampton Roads, a moniker for both a massive natural harbor in southeast Virginia and a metropolitan region comprising 17 small cities and municipalities, tidal flooding is as […]

Categories: Climate Change, Energy, Oceans, Policy • Tags: cliamte change, documentary, hampton roads, roger sorkin, sea level rise, Tidewater, US military, US Navy, virginia

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Fun Fact

I interviewed Shaun White in 1999, when he was just a grom at age 13. He told me his parents were roller derby stars back in the day. Explains a lot. The interview, for long-gone MountainZone.com, still lives in the Way Back Machine.

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