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“Does not include countries or territories where only imported cases have been documented. Countries
and territories in the Americas where chikungunya cases have been reported: Anguilla, Antigua and
Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica,
Martinique, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands,
United States, US Virgin Islands, and Venezuela. (Credit: CDC.GOV) The Pan-American Health
Chikungunya World Wide – Sept 2014
The majority of cases (65%) of malaria occur in children under 15 years old. About 125 million pregnant
women are at risk of infection each year; in Sub-Saharan Africa, maternal malaria is associated with up to
200,000 estimated infant deaths yearly. There are about 10,000 malaria cases per year in Western Europe,
and 1300–1500 in the United States. About 900 people died from the disease in Europe between 1993 and
2003. Both the global incidence of disease and resulting mortality have declined in recent years.
According to the WHO, deaths attributable to malaria in 2010 were reduced by over a third from a 2000
estimate of 985,000, largely due to the widespread use of insecticide-treated nets and artemisinin-based
combination therapies.
Malaria is presently endemic in a broad band around the equator, in areas of the Americas, many parts of
Asia, and much of Africa; in Sub-Saharan Africa, 85–90% of malaria fatalities occur. Malaria is prevalent
in tropical and subtropical regions because of rainfall, consistent high temperatures and high humidity,
along with standing waters in which mosquito larvae readily mature, providing them with the
environment they need for continuous breeding.
The Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) – The Savior of Mankind?
Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) female (1.5 in.) The male only grows to 0.5 inch
Least Killifish (Heterandria formosa) said to be one Sailfin Molly (Poecilia latipinna) Male to
of the best mosquito fish in Orlando, Florida area. 4 1/2 inches. Females can give live birth
to up to 70 1/3 inch long fri every 4
weeks.
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Mexico – Malaria Present
Chihuahua, Chiapas,
Durango, Nayarit,
Oaxaca, and Sinaloa.
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Nation Wide, Family Program With Low Cost, Pond Liner Waterproofing
16 in
2 m. diameter
Grow bed top 0.5 m below fish tank pipe
outlet for gravity feed of nutrient water.
Hole in ground for Bell Siphon
pond liner fish tank
Hole in ground
Local media for grow bed – river rock or for pond liner
lava rock - 0.3m x 1.2 m x 8.5 m (100 sq. sump tank
1 m. 3.1416 cu. m. = feet) surface area to feed 4 people
deep
111 cu. ft.
Three 4x8 ft grow beds – Bell Siphon at
830 US gallons opposite point from nutrient water entry. Sump Tank
691 UK gallons
1.8 m
1m 1.2 m Grow Bed Liner
Welded, Thick Plastic Pond Liner base is the size
Fish Tank and Sump Tank of a sheet of
0.4 m plywood.
No wood or metal side supports, no
drains, and no openings except top.
Economy System
Very cheap system made of
Tank covers – Fish tank is A plastic liner used in ditches
closed. Hinged opening to Fish and fish ponds and buried in
clean and feed fish. Sump Tank the ground. System consists
tank is screened against High Grow Bed of two water tanks (Fish and
B
snakes, rodents, dogs, Sump) and three Grow Beds.
birds, and kids but open
to mosquitoes. Sump (A) Nutrient water — gravity
C B Grow Bed
Tank flow from Fish tank to Grow
Wood grow bed frames at Air Pump
Low Beds.
waist level support liners lifts clean
water to (B) Bell siphons empty clean
– comfort, but added cost. B water from Grow Beds into
Fish tank. Grow Bed
Three Bell Siphons Sump tank.
PVC pipe, air pump, and (C) Air pump lifts clean water
connections. from Sump tank to Fish tank.
40 cm
16 in
Grow bed base is a
standard 4 feet by
8 feet sheet of
exterior plywood.
Moderate Price wooden (bamboo) Grow Bed with plastic pond liner
Greenhouse – Frame Cattle Panels or Bamboo
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Bend cattle panel
with smooth side Install vents at
out to lengthen life
of plastic cover. both ends.
Use 27 feet
bamboo culms if Install door at
cheaper than cattle ground level.
panels for wider,
more comfortable
greenhouse. Remove blocks on
13‘ 13’ ends of each side to
Install home
building plastic ventilate structure.
moisture barrier Add rodent and
before building. insect screening.
(WD-40 stops ants.)
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Cattle Panel 4.33’ x 16’
“”
Even cheaper and easier
Eliminate concrete blocks. Put three poles per side. Attach and level
a 2 x 4 with a 1 x 2 nailed to it to support the cattle panels 3-4 feet
above floor level for wider greenhouse with adequate head room at
peak. (Ex. 2 x 4 nailed at 4 ft. height gives eight feet of head room at
peak for 13 feet wide greenhouse). (See next slide.) For permanent
shade in tropics, use living fence posts taller than the 2 x 4s.
If cattle panels are not available
or bamboo is cheaper, consider
using 27 feet long bamboo culms
(poles) ½” dia. for comfort and
wider greenhouse. Length is
easily extended in future.
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Before installing cattle panels, level cattle panel supports (2x4 side strips and 1x2s (A)A 40 in.
(± 1 meter) above floor to level 13 feet wide greenhouse with about 8 feet head room from
floor to peak. Using side strips to level can mean less dirt to remove.
Reliable Electric Power is Required 24/7
to Power Air Pumps and Water Pumps.
The Savonius Vertical Air Turbine is the least efficient
wind turbine, but has maximum torque. As efficiency is
not important, a concept using off the shelf components
that utilize the torque advantage follows.
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Namibian Desert Water Beetles
To drink water, the Stenocara gracilipes
stands on a small ridge of sand using its
long, spindly legs. Facing into the
breeze, with its body angled at 45°, the
beetle catches fog droplets on its
hardened wings. Its head faces upwind,
and its stiff, bumpy outer wings are
spread against the damp breeze. Minute
water droplets (15-20 µm in diameter)
from the fog gather on its wings; there
the droplets stick to hydrophilic (water-
loving) bumps, which are surrounded by
waxy, hydrophobic troughs. Droplets
flatten as they make contact with the
hydrophilic surfaces, preventing them
from being blown by wind and providing
a surface for other droplets to attach.
Accumulation continues until the
combined droplet weight overcomes the
water's electrostatic attraction to the
bumps as well as any opposing force of
the wind; in a 30 km/h breeze, such a
droplet would stick to the wing until it
grows to roughly 5 mm in diameter; at
that point it will roll down the beetle's
back to its mouthparts.
The Warka Tower
(The Night Collector)
The rigid outer housing of each tower is comprised of lightweight and elastic juncus stalks, woven in
a pattern that offers stability in the face of strong wind gusts while still allowing air to flow through.
A mesh net made of nylon or polypropylene, which calls to mind a large Chinese lantern, hangs
inside, collecting droplets of dew that form along the surface. As cold air condenses, the droplets roll
down into a container at the bottom of the tower. The water in the container then passes through a pipe
to users. Using mesh to condense water to obtain potable drinking water isn't a new concept. Peruvian
Indians use mesh to condense water from Pacific Ocean breezes. But Vittori's invention yields
more water, 25 gallons daily, at a lower cost, than earlier concepts. Read more:
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Wind Turbines – Power and efficiency
Savonius
Vertical
Wind
Turbine
Of all wind turbines, the 1922 Savonius vertical axis wind turbine is least efficient but has
highest torque. An oil-barrel sized Savonius rotor with h = 40” and r = 20” and a wind of
v = 10 m/s (22.4 mph), will generate a maximum power of 160 W and a speed of 190 rpm.
High torque with a pulley can increase alternator turning speed to charge the battery pack
to power cooling unit to condense water from the air at night and power low cost air
pumps to aerate fish and plant water and pump plant cleaned water up to fish tank.
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Anemometers
2.5 ft
Bicycle wheels support vanes
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Castor – Water-From-Air Line to cut strip
to mount coil
Castor
Step Two Aluminum Condensing Coil 1”
Test over size
(No copper, as it kills bacteria.) holes and a
rubber grommet
Wrap one inch 6063 aluminum tubing
for each hole in
around a cylinder (coil) to connect metal or plastic
cold air inlet and cool air return to 12v 2 “ Centers Spacing Strips.
auto A/C unit or thermal cooled system
powered by battery pack.
13.5”
Two holes for coil connections
Coil placement Cut top to attach coil (sealed).
Cut Four Plastic Spacing
Strips.
Hole to send cooled, dry air to home or
greenhouse
The earth absorbs solar energy, maintaining a nearly constant annual temperature (the average mean air
temperature for that location) approximately six meters below the surface at any geographic location. For
practical purposes six feet (2 meters) deep temperature will suffice. An underground loop system utilizes
this constant temperature to exchange energy between your system and the earth as needed for heating
and cooling. In winter, water circulating inside a sealed loop absorbs heat from the earth and carries it to
the fish tanks. If desired, a compressor can increase the moderate temperature and send warm air to your
home system.
In the summer, the system reverses and expels heat from your aquaponics system to the cooler earth via
the loop system. This heat exchange process is natural and an ingenious, efficient way to maintain a
constant temperature in your home and aquaponics system. Power is needed to pump the coolant.
Mosquito Vectors of Deadly Diseases
Mosquitoes are territorial, rarely flying farther than 1 mile from
their hatching location, so aquaponics can provide a mosquito
free zone around homes.
A program to install an aquaponics installation at almost every
home can protect a village, a city, a country, and eventually the
world. Mosquito fish may be mankind’s salvation.
And the aquaponics installation feeds the living! The cost is low,
the results:
* Eradicate mosquitoes
* Eradicate deadly diseases
* Eradicate mosquitoes year after year at no additional cost
* Feed the living organic fruits and vegetables
100 square feet of grow beds can feed a family of four with less
water, no soil, no fertilizers, no chemicals, no pesticides, no
fungicides, and no contamination. Aquaponics can eliminate
starvation by feeding the living where agriculture is impossible.