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Plugging into the sun for clean, fresh water28 February 2011
The Age
A Small Victorian company reckons it has found a way to prevent 3.5 million deaths a year from water-borne diseases while also cutting emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
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More deaths from unsafe water than from war: UN
March 23, 2010
The Sydney Morning Herald
More people die from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday in a message to mark World Water Day...
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UNEP: Time To Cure Global Tide Of Sick Water
March 22, 2010
Water Online
Nairobi and Rio de Janeiro — Transforming wastewater from a major health and environmental hazard into a clean, safe and economically-attractive resource is emerging as a key challenge in the 21st century...
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