Open your very own WordPress Website (AD) The scope and purpose of Anderson’s manual are to give ordinary farmers enough practical understanding of electricity to design, install, and run their own small plants for lighting, heating, and motive power, using the modest water wheels or farm engines they already possess. Written in an accessible, story‑like style, it aims to demystify electrical technology and show that, under typical farm conditions, a private plant can be both technically feasible and economically comparable to buying a good workhorse. Scope Anderson deliberately narrows his scope to the small, self‑contained farm or cluster of neighboring farms that have access to a minor water‑power site or a gasoline engine, rather than to large commercial utilities or high‑voltage transmission systems. The book ranges from simple explanations of horsepower, head, and flow in a farm stream to the selection and coupling of water wheels and dynamos, sizing storage batteries, and laying...
Support HydroGeek The HydroGeek post “Twenty Waves of Change: Top 20 Water Stories of 2025” gathers the year’s most striking water headlines into a single powerful narrative. From deadly floods and brutal droughts to digital water breakthroughs and bold governance shifts, these stories together show how quickly and unevenly the world’s water future is changing. library A year of extremes Across continents, 2025 was marked by record‑breaking droughts and catastrophic floods often hitting the same regions within months. Rivers ran dry in some basins while others burst their banks under unprecedented rainfall, reinforcing scientific warnings about a more erratic global water cycle in a warming climate. bwi +2 These extremes pushed many cities and rural areas toward acute water stress, reviving “Day‑Zero” language and making abstract climate projections feel uncomfortably real for millions of people. news.un +2 Crisis in access and equity The blog also highlights how, despite technol...