The September festival events are geared toward drawing people throughout the city and South Texas to the site of historic Spanish-Indigenous mission communities along the San Antonio River.
Scholars, historians and descendants’ group will gather this weekend to remember the deadliest battle in Texas history, fought 209 years ago on Aug. 18, 1813.
If we store, then we have to put blankets around the water tank. even then, ice forms overnight, and we have to take a clean wooden stick in the morning to break it. running water would be the best solution. lamo and sanam also got a tap installed over the new government scheme. it is thermal coated to prevent freezing, but water is yet to arrive. traditionally, these glacial springs had enough water to service the drinking water needs of the entire region. but over the decades, as the himalayan ice has receded, the streams have shrunk, and the region has had to move its dependence from springs and surface water to underground water. ladakh is sparsely populated.
And there is almost no vegetation around. all you can see are these dry, lifeless mountains. i reach a small, remote village and find it buzzing. a water tanker has arrived. there are no taps at homes here, so everybody wants to fill up. i volunteer to help, and lamo readily agrees. but it is hard to keep pace. ifall behind. translation: | keep | water for drinking here, and for washing utensils, here.
But the water from the tanker is often not enough. then lamo has to make trips to the glacial stream. it is a long trek. i asked lamo s husband why we bypassed lower streams. he explains to me that they were dirty, and at the top is the cleanest source. in winter, all of this is even harder. translation: temperatures fall so low that water freezes - when left outside, so we fill only as much as we need. if we need 20 litres, we fill 20 litres. so do you not store water at all?
But the water from the tanker is often not enough. then she has to make trips to the glacial stream. it is a long trek. i asked lamo s husband why we bypassed lower streams. he explains to me that they were dirty, and at the top is the cleanest source. in winter, all of this is even harder. translation: temperatures fall so low that water freezes - when left outside, so we fill only as much as we need. if we need 20 litres, we fill 20 litres.
So do you not store water at all? if we store, then we have to put blankets around the water tank. even then, ice forms overnight, and we have to take a clean wooden stick in the morning to break it. running water would be the best solution. lamo and sanam also got a tap installed over the new government scheme. it is thermal coated to prevent freezing, but water is yet to arrive. traditionally, these glacial springs had enough water to service the drinking water needs of the entire region. but over the decades, as the himalayan ice has receded, the streams have shrunk, and the region has had to move its dependence from springs and surface water to underground water.