What an amazing journey you’re on. I was looking at a website about a water project in Africa last night. We
really do take our water for granted here in the Willamette Valley. Love the video of you dancing. I hope you can come to “Cove” this year and show us your moves. I love the Google map of the places you’ve been. Thanks for the book reviews, I’m always looking for a good book to read. Stop by and see the Lofgren clan when you return. Barb

You are really making the best of your trip. Good, short and sweet reviews of the three book. I will try to get them.

What caught my attention is your mentioning of “Closed Loop Domestic Waste System.” On March 22 (the World Water Day), we (my daugher, my wife and I) went to see the Vancour Water Resource Center where they celebrated the day with lots of activities. In addition to several booths by NGOs showcasing their water projects around the globe, they had us visit their water pumping plant where they pump water from over 800 ft deep underground acquifier and then treat it before putting into the supply system (looks like purest water on earth).

On the otherhand, their sewage treatment plant processes the sewage water in five step process and then dumps into the Columbia river. The water at the tail end of the plant looks 10 times more cleaner than the water many people use in India. But Pacific Northwest has the luxary of putting it back into the river. When I asked out guide (the Plant Manager) how far the quality of this water was from the drinking water, he did have a good answer for me. Here is an example of the possibility of “Closed-Loop Waste Management System.”

I will recommend you to visit this plant when you are back, if you have time.

Thanks, and I can’t wait to see you back in Portland and catch up with you.

Harbans