clear water prevention

Bouar, one of the largest cities in Central African Republic, has no running water. Lack of potable water, coupled with poor sanitation and hygiene, has led to devastating health consequences, including repeated outbreaks of typhoid fever and other water-born illnesses. In addition, approximately 1500 people have sought refuge in Bouar from banditry in the countryside, [...]

SOMALILAND, Africa — In a remote orphanage in the heart of Somaliland, hundreds of children cram into small spaces to try and sleep through the night. With no running water and no way to keep the children clean, disease and infections were rampant among the orphans. War and poverty have spiked the number of children [...]

www.tamu.edu On the Texas border, along the Rio Grande, there are a group of communities called The Colonias, where more than half a million people live without running water in their homes. B. Stephen Carpenter, associate professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, helped create the Water Project, which provides simple, inexpensive water [...]

When you create a bog garden, think big. Small areas tend to dry quickly. If you are building a natural swimming pool to encourage insects and animals, make sure that they are able to get in and out easily – include shallow, sloping sides, to be used. To maintain clean water systems without complex filtering [...]

Dear Friends, Clean drinking water is essential for life. Many charity organisations, like Water Aid in the UK and Life Water in Canada are not allowed to work in parts of some developing countries, leavings millions of the most disadvantaged people especially those affected war, natural disaster, poverty and diseases including HIV/AIDS without safe, clean [...]

Have you seen “muddy brown” water fountain, and wondered what would happen if other elements, materials, were exposed to it? This brown, red, yellow or orange mixture see rust. The color changes in what was once a clear fountain may be due to different chemical oxidations of rust in water. rust-colored water is not harmful [...]

~ Water is Life~ Clean drinking water is a major problem in developing countries. Water-borne diseases are rampant in economically depressed rural areas because clean running water (typically provided by the municipalities), is simply not available. The only alternative is to install hand pumps or deep wells (drilled wells) to draw clean water from the [...]

, when considering a system for home water filtration, one of the first questions that may ask yourself, “Do a system to filter water?” The answer is simple and unequivocal, yes! You see, the processes used by local water facility are simply not sufficient to protect the health of your family. According to recent news [...]