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The Wildly Varied Cost of Drinking Water Since it is a universal need and a basic government service, as a point of argument, it isn’t clear why anyone is obliged ...

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Jimmy Carter (1924–) An important feature of many WASH programs involves the reduction or elimination of so-called neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The term refers to a group of communicable diseases ...

epub |eng | | Author:Pim de Voogt

For modeling purposes, it is assumed that for an individual PEPO up to 10 % of this amount can be emitted, which is 440 kg/h, split over 10 locations in ...

epub |eng | 2012-01-18 | Author:Julie Fryer

Construction and Maintenance Concerns Most gray water reclamation projects will require heavy-duty work, especially in plumbing, excavation, and groundwork. When done incorrectly, these projects can fail, and you could end ...

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Energy from wastewater Description Applications Biohydrogen/hydrogen Biohydrogen can be produced by electrolysis of wastewater using conventional/nonconventional energy sources Transportation and electricity generation Bioelectricity Chemical energy of wastewater is converted in ...

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5 Discussion and Conclusions Based on the literature we studied for this review, we conclude that it is most likely possible to distinguish between POP contamination that originates from different ...

epub |eng | 2016-05-27 | Author:Vandana Shiva

CHAPTER FOUR The World Bank, the WTO, and Corporate Control Over Water Giant water projects, in most cases, benefit the powerful and dispossess the weak. Even when such projects are ...

epub |eng | | Author:Gaskin-Reyes, Camille;

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epub |eng | 2015-11-09 | Author:Jon Wilkman [Wilkman, Jon]

10. Los Angeles on Trial Nine days after the St. Francis flood ebbed into the Pacific, accusations of a link between the disaster and a dynamite plot headlined newspapers and ...

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Like the westbound wagons that had to jettison furniture, food, even water in order to plow through the desert sands, the Central Arizona Project was finally light enough to move. ...

epub, azw |eng | 2015-03-30 | Author:Standiford, Les [Standiford, Les]

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mobi, epub |eng | 2011-01-18 | Author:Steven Solomon

By every measure, the canal was a stupendous success. Within a decade, some 5,000 vessels were passing through it every year, as many as through Suez. By 1970, over 15,000 ...

mobi, epub |eng | 1993-03-14 | Author:Marc Reisner

Like the westbound wagons that had to jettison furniture, food, even water in order to plow through the desert sands, the Central Arizona Project was finally light enough to move. ...

epub |eng | 2007-02-26 | Author:Maude Barlow [Barlow, Maude]

Ecuador On March 1, 2007, the mayor of Quito, Ecuador’s capital, announced he had halted plans to privatize the city’s water, plans that had been seriously underway for four years. ...

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BRAZIL IN THE LEAD Brazil and the United States produce almost 90 percent of the world’s biofuels. Brazil is the leading manufacturer and exporter of sugarcane ethanol, and most cars ...