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Wormy water not safe to drink until next week, Mayor says
2013-08-31 01:09:25| Waste Management - Topix.net
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Safe drinking water disappearing fast in Bangladesh
2013-05-07 13:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The availability of safe drinking water, particularly in Bangladesh's hard to reach areas, is expected to worsen as the country experiences the effects of climate change, experts say. According to a study by the World Bank's water and sanitation programme (pdf), about 28 million Bangladeshis, or just over 20% of the population, are living in harsh conditions in the "hard-to-reach areas" that make up a quarter of the country's landmass. The study found that char land that emerges from riverbeds...
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Plastics Deliver Safe Drinking Water
2013-03-30 12:55:26| About Composites / Plastics
Access to safe and clean drinking water is a luxury that most of us, myself included, take for granted. There are millions of us who are not so lucky... Plastics like PVC, and their low costs, have been helping in the delivery and storage of safe drinking water for hundreds of millions across the globe.
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Population growth greatly affecting access to safe water in Uganda
2013-03-22 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Vision: Eight months ago, Uganda's population was estimated at 34.1 million people. Out of this, 5.01 million live in urban areas while 29.9 million, which is 85.3%, reside in rural areas. Which means more than three quarters of Ugandans live in rural areas. According to Water Aid Uganda, 9.3 million people in Uganda do not have access to safe water. Around 26,000 children die every year from diarrhoea which is caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation in Uganda. Without access to water, many farmers...
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The 500MW molten salt nuclear reactor: Safe, half the price of light water, and shipped to order
2013-03-13 15:33:41| Extremetech
This week, though, Transatomic finally co-localized its money and its mouth, announcing a potential leapfrog technology that they claim could re-energize the energy industry: they claim to know how to make nuclear reactors smaller.