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  The drinking water response to the Indian Ocean tsunami including the role of household water treatment

  World Health Organization, 2005

  This World Health Organization report investigates the organisation of drinking water supplies following the Indian Ocean tsunami. It finds that large water tanks, mobile treatment plants and emergency storage and distribution systems were used, while household-based approaches played a minimal role.
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  Households' demand for higher environment quality: the case of Russia

  Economic Education and Research Consortium,, Russian Federation, 2005

  The economic recession of the 1990s reduced the negative impact of human activities on the environment in Russia. However there exists a significant regional differentiation in air and water pollution.
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  UN Millennium Project Task Force: water and sanitation

  United Nations [UN] University Millennium Project, 2005

  This report, produced by the United Nations Millennium Project, is targeted primarily at the policy and technical communities concerned with the achievement of the water supply and sanitation Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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  A novel technology to improve drinking water quality: a microbiological evaluation of in-home flocculation and chlorination in rural Guatemala

  Journal of Water and Health, 2003

  This article, published in the Journal of Water and Health, examines the impact of a new combined technology water treatment product on drinking water quality in rural Guatemala. It reports on a study that compared the efficacy of the new combined product (incorporating precipitation, coagulation, flocculation, and chlorination) with chlorine bleach.
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  Ensuring the quality of irrigation water used by peri-urban farmers

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Peri-urban farmers often irrigate their crops with water from rivers that run through towns. This water may be heavily polluted with untreated household and industrial waste. There are potential health threats to farmers and consumers from the use of polluted water.
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  Sustainable solutions to improve environmental and human health

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Agriculture is the most important user of environmental services, including water, forests, pastures, soil and nutrients. Poorly managed agriculture can lead to environmental degradation and pollution, deplete natural resources and compromise food safety and human health.
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  Tackling India’s rural water crisis: new developments in managing water supplies

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Problems with drinking water amongst rural communities in India are increasing, especially during the summer months. Water shortages and poor water quality are affecting the health and farming activities of the rural poor. New approaches to water management are helping to address these problems at local levels.
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  Drawers of water II: 30 years of change in domestic water use and environmental health in east Africa: Kenya country study

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  This paper discusses changes in domestic water use over three decades in twelve rural and urban sites in Kenya. The rural and urban sites reflect the diversity of environments, living conditions and water service levels found throughout Kenya.The paper findings reveal both positive and negative changes in water use, in terms of levels and types of use, reliability, access and cost.
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  Water for the poorest

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This paper reports on a United Nations conference held in Norway, November 2003, in support of the 12th session of the Commission for Sustainable Development.
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  Tapping into the problem: water shortages in Nigeria

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Do people living in Nigerian villages have clean drinking water?  Do they have enough water to meet their daily hygiene requirements?  The University of Edinburgh, UK, together with the Federal Polytechnic in Bauchi, Nigeria, looked at the supply of water to people living in rural communities in Taraba State, in eastern Nigeria.

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