While water problems are often complex, the HydroLibria (environmental balance) of a waterbody can be simplified to 4 basic terms:

(Inputs + Outputs) + Surface + Flow / Exchange.

Of those 4 factors only Flow/Exchange is simple, a factor that can be described in one or two terms like "1 Mm3/day" (1 million cubic meters per day). Flow is fundamental for our waters, the only factor which affects all other factors yet modern water management has focused on the 'Input' and 'Output' terms (nutrients, fisheries) of hydrolibria, more rarely on the 'Surface' (sediments, reefs) term, but almost never on the 'Flow/Exchange' term.

Our waters are stuck in the Stone Age, where humans were before wheel, axle and plow, subjects of natural forces like gravity flow. The Hydrolibria Revolution starts with the realization that hydraulic flows can be controlled by the aquatic equivalent of the wheel, which like it did on land, will enable a new aquatic age.

Hydrolibria is about building the infrastructure, devices and products for a new industry  of direct water management, where floods are not catastrophic but created, algal blooms are managed and dead zones have come alive. The first demonstrations of this revolution will be in the Halifax and Indian Estuaries, starting at Ponce DeLeon Inlet, Florida. The objective of Hydrolibria.Org is to raise the money to fund these demonstrations, building blocks for a new  aquatic frontier.

The first phase goal will be to raise $90k, which would fund:

1. Construction and operation of an 8' diameter Aqualibria(TM) flow prototype. These units use solar cells and batteries for their main power, with the disc impellers mounted on pontoons.  Outlet flow estimates for 8' diameter units are in the  5-10 m3/sec range, entrained flow is much greater.  $60k.

2. Development and permitting for ReefDock structures: Reef Balls and Floating Rafts beneath permitted and surveyed docks. Essentially a way dockowners can enhance their  3-D profiles, multiplying state lands while enhancing surface and wake attenuation. Seeking an initial blanket permit for the Halifax and N. Indian Waters (Ponce to Sebastian) $15k

3. While adding inlets or other ocean connections may have potential, in the Indian River Complex the only location that absolutely requires a re-connection via a manifold or canal is the Banana River to Banana Creek which was blocked by NASA in the '60s to build the Crawler Way.  This task is an initial assessment of feasibility $10k

4. Develop permitting and equipment specs for low-intensity, local deposition dredging operations.  Dredging should be a ~daily endeavor in any coastal water, current episodic models waste money in deployment and sediment delivery costs. $5k

When Phase 1 results warrant, and a total of $550k in funding is achieved, Phase 2 will:

1. Build large diameter (16-24ft)  prototypes (1-2) $220k 

2. Facilities for building and installing reef materials $80k

3.Aqualibria(TM) operations at key sites within Halifax and Indian Region. $80k

4. Modeling of effects $60k.

5. Permitting costs for Banana Re-connection $30k

PLEASE NOTE Values given above are initial estimates only, and do not represent the final cost of any task described