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U.S. Government Approves $435 million for International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

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U.S. Government Approves $435 million for International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

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For the first time in three fiscal years, the U.S. Congress has increased international funding for clean water, sanitation and hygiene, bringing U.S. ...

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Water Kiosks in Kathmandu: Community Managed Water Treatment & Distribution (Video)

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Water Kiosks in Kathmandu: Community Managed Water Treatment & Distribution (Video)

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Water kiosks are places where water is sold (typically water that has been treated on site). They have been around for several decades but the recent ...

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World's Largest Refugee Settlement Gets Substantial Waste Facility

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World's Largest Refugee Settlement Gets Substantial Waste Facility

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Last week in Cox’s Bazar, the UN Refugee Agency ( UNHCR) and Oxfam have put into service the biggest human waste treatment facility ever built in a refugee ...

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Solar Powered Plant Brings Clean Drinking Water to a Remote Village in Pakistan

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Solar Powered Plant Brings Clean Drinking Water to a Remote Village in Pakistan

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Balochistan province has long been affected by recurring droughts. Lack of water availability forced many people to migrate to distant towns and the situation ...

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How a Water Plant Helped Reduce Cholera Cases in Aden, Yemen (Video)

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How a Water Plant Helped Reduce Cholera Cases in Aden, Yemen (Video)

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Yemen has been in the grips of one of the worst epidemics of cholera seen in modern history. But this water treatment plant supported by UNICEF has helped cut ...

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Early Adopters: State Approaches to Testing School Drinking Water for Lead in the United States

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Early Adopters: State Approaches to Testing School Drinking Water for Lead in the United States

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This project. lead by researchers at Harvard's Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity, involved the statistical analysis of water lead ...

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Innovation, Green Tech and Sunlight Help Secure Safe Water for Rohingya Refugees

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Innovation, Green Tech and Sunlight Help Secure Safe Water for Rohingya Refugees

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The first five solar-powered safe water systems - put in operation by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements over the past six ...

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SIM South Sudan Water Project 2019 (Video)

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SIM South Sudan Water Project 2019 (Video)

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The South Sudan Water Project has been installing and importantly maintaining and repairing boreholes that provide clean water for more than 20,000 people in ...

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Ramboll to Improve Sanitation and Wastewater Treatment in Cambodia

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Ramboll to Improve Sanitation and Wastewater Treatment in Cambodia

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Asian Development Bank has selected Ramboll to conduct a large water and sanitation project that covers three towns and the UNESCO Heritage city of Angkor ...

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Clean water for Southern Africa

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Clean water for Southern Africa

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In the SafeWaterAfrica project, African and European partners are working closely together to develop a decentralized system solution for water purification ...

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Educating 5 Million Rural Bangladeshi Children on Health, Hygiene and Safe Drinking Water

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Educating 5 Million Rural Bangladeshi Children on Health, Hygiene and Safe Drinking Water

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Unilever Bangladesh is improving the health, hygiene and livelihoods of millions of Bangladeshis through child-focused mass education campaigns alongside ...

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Solar Energy Water Purification Plastic Sack To Reduce Diseases In Rural Africa

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Solar Energy Water Purification Plastic Sack To Reduce Diseases In Rural Africa

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Access to a clean source of drinking water is a major problem in many developing countries. Villagers often have to cover long distances in search for ...

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Sanitation Ministry to Replicate GAMA Water and Sanitation Project Nationwide

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Sanitation Ministry to Replicate GAMA Water and Sanitation Project Nationwide

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The Sanitation and Water Resources Ministry has announced that it will soon replicate the GAMA Water and Sanitation Project to other parts of the country. ...

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PhD's Ground-breaking Sanitation Tech Scoops Santander Award

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PhD's Ground-breaking Sanitation Tech Scoops Santander Award

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A PhD researcher from Brunel University London has claimed the prestigious Santander University Entrepreneurship Award for his ground-breaking modular ...

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Happy World Toilet Day 2018!

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Happy World Toilet Day 2018!

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Happy World Toilet Day Everybody! World Toilet Day is an opportunity to remind ourselves of the urgent actions needed to achieve adequate and equitable ...

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The ‘Juice Effect’ and How Surface Water Bacteria Get from Water to Air

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The ‘Juice Effect’ and How Surface Water Bacteria Get from Water to Air

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A new study conducted by MIT researchers  illuminates a new mode of bacteria dispersal. By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office    MIT researchers have found that ...

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What Does 21st Century Sanitation Look Like?

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What Does 21st Century Sanitation Look Like?

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Today more than half the world's population uses sanitation that isn't safety managed. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation presents an innovative solution to ...

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How Bill Gates ​Aims to Save $​233 Billion by ​Reinventing the ​Toilet

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How Bill Gates ​Aims to Save $​233 Billion by ​Reinventing the ​Toilet

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Bill Gates thinks toilets are a serious business, and he’s betting big that a reinvention of this most essential of conveniences can save a half million lives ...

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A Newly Developed System Allows Handwashing Water to be Recycled

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A Newly Developed System Allows Handwashing Water to be Recycled

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Even though the water we’ve used for washing hands is barely contaminated, it usually goes down the drain. A newly developed system allows handwashing water ...

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