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Toilet Board ​Coalition Announcing the ​2019 Toilet ​Accelerator ​Finalists!

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Toilet Board ​Coalition Announcing the ​2019 Toilet ​Accelerator ​Finalists!

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The following  Sanitation Economy Businesses  have been shortlisted to be part of the Toilet Board’s unique corporate accelerator programme. Finalists enter ...

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Small Water Systems in Puerto Rico Badly Affected by Maria

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Small Water Systems in Puerto Rico Badly Affected by Maria

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Small water systems in Puerto Rico tend to be found in remote and rural areas, which were hard hit by Hurricane Maria. How badly were they affected by the ...

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Steel Chips Show Promise at Removing E. Coli from Storm Drain Water

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Steel Chips Show Promise at Removing E. Coli from Storm Drain Water

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A summer rainstorm can rejuvenate the landscape, but the runoff it creates may contain contaminants, such as E. Coli bacteria, that can negatively impact ...

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Renewable Energy and Environment Sustainability

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Renewable Energy and Environment Sustainability

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Journey to Ignite  Thazhingi and Kodanthur Porpaarai tribal villages with around 41 and 120 families rests in the Magnificent Western Ghats. It falls under ...

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Eco-friendly Composting Toilets Already Bring Relief to Big Cities

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Eco-friendly Composting Toilets Already Bring Relief to Big Cities

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Every day in central London, around 5,000 people manage without access to basic amenities such as piped water, sewerage or electricity. With no access to the ...

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Water Safety Checks Dangerously Underestimate Pathogen Levels

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Water Safety Checks Dangerously Underestimate Pathogen Levels

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Deadly bacteria lurking in drinking water storage tanks could be missed by standard health and safety tests, scientists have warned in a new report. Coldwater ...

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The Potential ​Contamination ​of Rainwater by ​Microorganisms ​

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The Potential ​Contamination ​of Rainwater by ​Microorganisms ​

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Simple measures such as regular maintenance of backyard tanks and rooftops can help reduce microbial contamination of household rainwater, Flinders University ...

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Study Examines ​Blood Lead ​Levels of Flint ​Children Before ​and After Water ​Crisis ​

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Study Examines ​Blood Lead ​Levels of Flint ​Children Before ​and After Water ​Crisis ​

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Childhood lead exposure was a problem in Flint long before the water crisis, but young children’s exposure to the toxin has been steadily declining since ...

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Rotavirus Transmission Influenced by Temperature, Water Movement

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Rotavirus Transmission Influenced by Temperature, Water Movement

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Climate in the tropics has a larger influence on transmission of the sometime deadly rotavirus than previously shown, University of Michigan researchers have ...

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Drug-resistant Superbug to Blame for Deadly Typhoid Outbreak in Pakistan

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Drug-resistant Superbug to Blame for Deadly Typhoid Outbreak in Pakistan

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A major outbreak of typhoid fever in Pakistan may have been caused by a highly drug-resistant superbug, scientists have warned. Research by the Wellcome ...

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Qatar Charity provides drinking water to 350,000 Somalis

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Qatar Charity provides drinking water to 350,000 Somalis

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Qatar Charity has drilled and rehabilitated 316 artesian and surface wells last year to provide safe drinking water to as many as 350,000 people in Somalia, ...

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