Dirty Water

How to Solve the World Water Crisis Today

Auren Kaplan | Posted 01.21.2012

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Auren Kaplan

The LifeStraw is a life-saving technology that allows any individual to insert the straw into water, no matter how dirty, and an advanced filtration system ensures that the only liquid coming out the other end is clean, potable drinking water.

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Our Global Water Crisis

Quincy Jones | Posted 01.07.2012

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Quincy Jones

In developing countries, people are forced to choose between sickness or purchasing expensive packaged or bottled water from untrustworthy sources. We believe that's an unfair choice.

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Gas Companies Dumping More Wastewater Into Rivers Than A Year Ago

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Pennsylvania's natural gas drillers are still flushing vast quantities of contaminated wastewater into rivers that supply drinking wa...

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Swedish Church Takes On Clean Water Crisis With Disturbing Ad (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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You don't have to be a celebrity climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro to bring attention to the global clean water crisis. According to Treehugger, the Swedish Ch...

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"Dirty Water" and Unintended Consequences: When Doing the Right Thing Spawns Another Right Thing

Bill Sharpsteen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Pollution, Santa Monica Bay, Howard Bennett, Books, Los Angeles, Pollution, Dirty Water, Books News
Bill Sharpsteen

If nothing else, the city should have remembered Howard Bennett for the several billions of dollars it was forced to spend on its aging sewage treatment plant.

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Millions In U.S. Drink Contaminated Water, Records Show

nytimes.com | CHARLES DUHIGG | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than 20 percent of the nation's water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, acc...

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Legionnaire's Disease Kills 1, 300 Evacuated From Epic Hotel In Miami

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI — About 300 guests have been moved from a luxury Miami hotel after Legionnaires' disease struck at least three former guests since October...

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