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  • The Real Future of Clean Water

    David Bornstein

    August 21, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

    Water:Charity assumed that money and celebrity exposure would be able to solve the world’s access-to-clean-water crisis. But this approach often led to more abandoned water pumps. Charities – and journalists who cover them – are now working to concentrate on making their solutions sustainable.

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  • Hot, Crowded and Smart

    Sarah Goodyear

    July 22, 2013 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    For the past three years, water levels in the San Antonio Edwards Aquifer have decreased to uncomfortable levels and drought periods may continue as the population booms. The San Antonio Water System organization has set up rules to limit water use and has recycled water for conservation frugal innovation.

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  • Conservation Pays Off for Bangladeshi Factories

    Amy Yee

    March 21, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Saving money while conserving water and electricity is a win-win for the textile industry in Bangladesh. After a joint effort to improve the mechanics and upgrade the factories, the industry saw a savings of 1.2 million cubic meters of water, 16 million cubic meters of gas and 10 million kilowatt hours of electricity.

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  • Turning Rural Indians Into Water Entrepreneurs

    Whitney Pastorek

    November 01, 2012 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: India

    In rural communities throughout India, having access to clean water does not always come easy. Sarvajal, originally a non-profit experiment, believes that water insecurity is a solvable issue, however. By helping those living in the rural communities take ownership through entrepreneurship, common sense, and the patience to reinvent old systems with more efficient technology, the group has achieved the ability to distribute small reverse-osmosis filtration plants and Water ATMs throughout the northwestern Indian states.

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  • Liter by Liter, Indians Get Cleaner Water

    Amy Yee

    March 21, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Low-cost filtration plants are finding their place in some of the most underserved areas of India. Making a cultural shift from drinking well water to filtered water isn't well-received by all villages in the country, however. Thanks in part to word of mouth as well as a noted difference in health outcomes, there is still hope in fighting the fight to persuade local communities to pay for and drink clean water.

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  • To Maintain Water Pumps, It Takes More Than a Village

    Tina Rosenberg

    December 13, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma

    Water pumps often break and no one locally has the skill or parts to fix them. Two columns on Water Aid’s program in India to train women to be handpump mechanics.

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  • Working in the Himalayas to Prevent Disastrous Flooding

    Amy Yee

    November 27, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bhutan, Thorthormi Lake

    Countries impacted by climate change are working to mitigate the effects, but more help is needed. Every year Bhutanese citizens dig a channel to lower the water level of Thorthormi, a huge glacial lake that posing a risk of flooding downstream. But Thorthormi is just one rapidly expanding lake among many. Another 82 are deemed growing risks in Bhutan alone.

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  • The Burden of Thirst

    Tina Rosenberg

    April 01, 2010 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Foro, Konso

    Foro, a village in southwestern Ethiopia, has suffered from drought conditions for years, leaving the little water the communities can access polluted with waste. While various water projects have been attempted only to be abandoned, groups are working to restore some of these projects by combining technologies with community involvement.

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