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A Reader’s Insight: Tapping Into Young Americans to Stop the Water Crisis

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Over the past two decades, the global economy has witnessed extraordinary, previously unimaginable technological advances and scientific feats. Money and complicated business propositions change hands virtually. Meanwhile medical science defies death and disease on a daily basis, as the worldwide web enables instant communication across oceans. Despite these tremendous advancements in life and technology, the greatest issue we face is our depleting water supply.

Relief Organizations In Haiti Prioritize Water Distribution

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Aid groups send purification and desalination systems to prevent dehydration, disease in the devastated country. Relief organizations are rushing to provide clean water to the more than two million inhabitants of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

A Capitol Offensive: Renowned Strategists Challenge U.S. to Lead Global Water Campaign

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As the money tree of the world wilts, thirsty from neglect,…

Sanitation Crisis Brewing in U.S. Tent Cities

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As hundreds of thousands lose their jobs and homes monthly,…

Pipes Whisper of Water Crisis in South Africa

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Tanks are great, but pipes are…

Japan’s Dirty Blue A Source of Glittering Gold

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Gold mines exist in Japan, but today industrial sewage steals…

U.S. State Department Details Global Water Concerns

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Beyond definitions of public and private responsibility, water…

Sierra Leone Fights Corruption, Improves Sanitation

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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- In a country endowed with natural…

Understanding Zimbabwe: An Interview with Professor Timothy Burke

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In an interview with Circle of Blue, Swarthmore history professor…

States Remedy Polluted Ohio River

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When officials found high fecal counts in the Ohio River, they…

The Walled Grave: Politics of Neglect Caused Zimbabwe’s Cholera Outbreak

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Grim consequences of failed water and sanitation infrastructure by…

Un-ease and Dis-ease a Crippling Combination for Democratic Republic of Congo

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As emerging conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…