Cleaning Disney's Water with Plants: The Water Hyacinth Project
Вставка
- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Disney's Water Hyacinth Project was and idea to take perhaps one of the region’s most unwanted plants and use it as a force for good for the environment. In a way, it captured the spirit of EPCOT Center perfectly, before there even was an EPCOT Center.
New here? Be sure to subscribe!
🔷goo.gl/x17zTL
My Patreon!
❤ / robplays
My Disney History Book List!
📚www.robplays.c...
My Disney Podcast!
🎧ttapodcast.com
Follow me on Twitter!
📱 / robplays
Sources
Sources
The Tampa Tribune
Disney Turns Efforts Toward Phase II (Jan 11 1976)
Fantasy Teams Up With Science At Disney Showcase (Mar 30 1977)
The Orlando Sentinel
Hyacinth Harvester On Way To Canaveral (Apr 14 1976)
Disney To Team Up On Epcot (Jul 25 1976)
Disney innovation treats sewage with imagination (Sep 28 1980)
Kissimmee sticks with Reedy Creek wastewater project (Nov 17 1983)
Harvesting natural gas from fast-growing crops (Mar 3 1985)
Disney fouls water, may face fine (Oct 9 1988)
The Naples Daily News
Hyacinth Tested As Water Purifier (Aug 13 1976)
Fort Lauderdale News
More Energy-Efficient Water Treatment Ahead? (Oct 10 1978)
Disney News Magazine
Innovations in Action (Summer 1985)
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - Center for Aquatic Weeds Aquaphyte (Vol 4, #2 - Fall 1984)
NASA - A new Image for the Water Hyacinth (Jan 1980)
EPA Project Summary - Water Hyacinth Wastewater Treatment Systems: Opportunities and Constraints in Cooler Climates (Nov 1983)
Aquaculture Systems for Wastewater Treatment: Seminar Proceedings and Engineering Assessment (Sept 1979)
Selected Water Resources Abstracts - US Department of the Interior (Vol 19, #1) - Jan 1986
US Geological Survey - Hydrology and Water Quality of Reedy Creek in the Reedy Creek Improvement District, Central Florida, 1986-89
In September of 1983 my family went on a trip to Disney World. At the time, Disney offered a special educational tour for kids my age that included among other things, the water hyacinth site and the Utilidors. In a box somewhere, I still have the educational materials that were provided. Over the years, I'd wondered what happened to the project. Thanks for yet another great video!!
It became a gift shop.... have a "magical" day..... *sigh*
Fascinating how they turned an invasive Amazon plant into something that can clean water. Thank you for talking about lesser known projects like this one
They didn't turn the plant, they used the plant that naturally cleans water to clean their water.
D Y That’s what I meant
@@AverytheCubanAmerican but not what you wrote
@@tainasiman2107 Still what I meant, clearly. Sorry Tainá for not being perfect
Tainá Alves Geez leave him alone. Not that hard. And who cares?
I remember getting a book somewhere in Disney World back in 1995 that talked about this project - I can't remember the title. This project stood out from the other things in that book partly because its very EPCOT (in the original meaning) in its flavour. More recently I had a look to see if I could find the facility on Google Earth; now I know why I couldn't spot it - thanks Rob!
It’s a shame - Disney has and does employ so many interesting scientific projects that it would be interesting to explore all of these in an exhibit: “The Science of Disney”. The perfect place to do something like that would be Epcot, but sadly it has turned away from education and science to focus on thrill rides and IP.
Richard Ludwig have you been to epcot? There’s no thrill rides there bruh
I love the videos you make about lesser-known Disney projects such as this one. Keep up the good work! 😃
I am so glad that you covered this, and agree that it is a great example of what Walt envisioned. I actually still wish the company would do something like Walt's vision but with a strong focus on sustainability. Call it Greencot.
Does it work with water lettuce, duckweed, Azolla and frogbit???
They can dipleate oxygen from ecosystems, was part of the nightmare that was invasive species in lake Victoria
There are many people who use hyacinth in their backyard ponds. That's what I did with mine- I would add it and it helped control algae growth since it used up the nutrients that the algae need. It also provided some cover for my fish. I did have to regularly remove excess and dead plants, but this plant does have some good uses, when properly controlled.
Hear me out, what if you were to do this but in a sky scraper with each floor it's own pond. Then you have 50-100 times the capacity for the same physical footprint. The you could staged the floors and automate the removal process of the old plants
Neat idea - you would have to simulate sunlight on each pond level and develop an effective way of moving huge volumes of water vertically. Each level would probably end up being around 5-6 normal stories (given the volume of the tanks, the equipment, needs above and below the water, etc.). Processing levels might be shorter.
@@richardludwig3673 I agree, it may take up a few levels but the science is there and the issue is simply a logistical one. You could make a huge poo dam in desert areas and pump the city's waste to it if you didn't want to take the concept vertical. And the lighting issue would be fixed by using hydroponic growing lights powered by solar or the gas produced in house
Amazing the things Disney gets involved in. Thanks for another great video Rob. Always learn something interesting on this channel !
Hey Rob, I'm curious, did you find anything on the recycling of the plants into gas?
Anaerobic digestion is not a cost-efficient way to create energy. Cattle farmers have tried it, using cattle poop. The captured methane gas is then burned to create heat or generate electricity. Natural Gas is methane (with a smell added), which is/was very very cheap due to fracking. It has doubled in price in the past year, just like gasoline, due to changes in federal policy. So the only way to make digestion attractive is to price what we now use sky high. Or to use taxpayer $$$ to subsidize costs to bring it lower - as is with Solar (50% of Solar cost is offset by federal tax credits).
Hi Kriss, the anaerobic digestion process was developed and conducted by the University of Florida in cooperation with the Gas Institute. Their findings were published and show that the whole process actually generates energy at very competitive prices (for those days). The papers are published under the names of Chynoweth, Biljetina, Haines, and Srivastava. There was no commercial follow-up because Disney was not interested and none of the researchers were in a position to pick this up. Nevertheless, it created (and still creates) a fantastic method of controlling water hyacinth infestations without the use of herbicides: is strongly carbon-negative and - because it makes its own money - removes the financial burden of water weed control from the public.
Super interesting project. Thanks for the info. always love seeing videos like this
I think I'll keep my water Hyacinth. It really does clean the water in my pond. If we let nature take it's course, we'd have much better water. Humans seem to screw it up EVERY Time! The plant became invasive because of more contaminations .. if it would have gone a natural course, would it not have cleaned the water completely and met it's end (or became less invasive? I do wonder.
Wow, this was very interesting. Thanks so much!
Pls what is the intro song pls rob I need to know
Just a really neat, cool idea of what to do with a bunch of, basically, WEEDS!
Water cleaning weeds
Can thy cross breed the water plant with something tasty and healthy?
Never knew this. Very cool!
This was fascinating. Thank you!
Can we get more reimagining Disney please?
Interesting video. I did a little googling and it turns out you can also eat these plants.
So Funny I have gotten side tracked watching lots of gardening videos and then this video popped up among them LOL
I wonder how many acres of hyacinth it would take to support treating 20M gallons a day 🤔 Another fantastic video Rob, I really like learning about all these lesser known details of Disney park history. Such a cool and unique channel.
Can I be in both camps?
I'm not sure who started the research first, but what I do know is that the City of Arcata developed the Arcata Wastewater Treatment Facility and Wildlife Sanctuary. The City is located adjacent to Humboldt Bay in California is along the Pacific Flyway. The habitat that treats the cities sewage is now a place where birds can rest and feed when they make their North/South journeys. This was interesting to learn.
Feed the koi fish🤣🤣
I like it how you can take something that would generally be boring and make it interesting.😁
This was great! You always find the most interesting subjects for your videos. Keep up the good work.
thank you for this information never new this about the plants
I love these videos. Showing how Disney tries out different ideas for problems instead of going with the norm.
As usual, Rob makes me thirsty.
Thanks Rob. Another geeky video.
I never comment on anything, but just saw you on tv! Never would I have expected that! Congrats!!!
Thanks!
Rob thank you so much for these awesome videos
Like most ideas, it sounded good on paper, but it's neither cost effective or practicle.
I never knew this!! How fascinating!
Great video as always Rob, very interesting
Neat stuff and great video! 😎
SCIENCE NERD VIDEO CREW!!!
This shouldn't have such low views. Maybe try tagging with the relevant buzzwords? Biofuel, alternative energy, environmentalism, Green energy
Amazing. Thanks
kind of amazing
Good shit!
Look closely at the over view of the current Disney WWTP and you will see a plane in the parking lot.
That's Walt's plane.
Excellent video, thank you!
NATURE knows what it's doing. Every plant and animal and insect etc has a purpose.
Super fascinating as always Rob, nice job.
Great video. I love how unique the videos are about Disney history.
hey rob i love your videos and im wondering if youre going to disney october or november so i have the slight chance of meeting you