Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic in Central Asia face public health risks and high rates of mortality from water-borne diseases. In Uzbekistan, only 50 to 60 percent of the population living in rural areas has access to treated water delivered through a centralized, piped water system. Lack of infrastructural development and a water quality monitoring system [...]

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Ground water depletion in Gujarat India has immediate consequences for the agricultural sector and economic development in the region. Farmers are abandoning their land due to unreliable access to water resources. Moreover, deeper drilling for groundwater as a short term solution could lead to irreversible salt water intrusion into the groundwater supply. Water instability is compounded [...]

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What better time than the holidays to rethink the value of a gift?  As developed nations prepare their shopping lists, millions of children in under developed nations are still lacking the most essential necessity for life— clean water. Children in poor countries often have up to 1,000 parasitic worms in their body due to lack of [...]

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Thanks to the hard work of this agency, Singapore’s tap water respects the World Health Organization drinking water guidelines and is safe for drinking without the need of any further treatments or filtration. PUB has water conservation at heart and they have come up with interactive and innovative ways to engage with children in order to familiarize them with water issues.

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In the past decade, from an economical point of view China has been catching up with the economy of the wealthiest countries. Despite this growth, its population risks to suffer from the scarcity of an element crucial to their survival, water. If this crisis fails to be contained China's economy could suffer greatly.

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