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Community-managed Water Supply System Changes Lives - http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/0,,contentMDK:21501143~menuPK:258657~pagePK:2865106~piPK:2865128~theSitePK:258644,00.html

Next to Jitihada Primary School, in the Kitunda Settlement of Tanzania’s Ilala District is a community-managed water supply system that has changed the lives and work of the Kitunda community. - Read more Listing Thumbnail

Senai Foundation - http://senaionline.org/

The Senai Foundation was chartered to provide assistance and support for Eritrean villages. Its goal is to provide methods to reduce poverty, especially, among women, children and elderly. The Senai Foundation is a non-profit support organization for the people of Eritrea.
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Somalia: Providing Water to Drought-Stricken Communities - http://www.theirc.org/news/somalia-providing-water0722.html

People in Somalia are struggling to cope with dehydration caused by the lack of clean water. Two poor rainy seasons in a row have meant there's little grazing land for goats or camels. Rising food prices caused by runaway inflation make it difficult to buy food from other sources.

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Southern Africa: World Vision-Supported Water Projects Quench the Thirst of a Parched Land - http://www.worldvision.org/news.nsf/news/200708_southern_africa?Open&wvsrc=enews&lpos=main&lid=southern_africa200708

Children and adults in Lesotho and Zimbabwe are now obtaining clean, fresh water supplies in that drought-prone region. The project has overseen installation of 17 toilets, as well as the construction of three community water pumps to serve a school and more than 500 households.
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Water Projects in North Tongu District Ghana - http://www.amurt.net/africa/ghana/

AMURT's involvement in the North Tongu District of Ghana's Volta Region started in 1990 in Mafi-Dekpoe with an educational campaign to combat the Guinea Worm menace. After employing meetings, house visits and theatre, the AMURT team soon realized that the best way to help the people would be to provide safe drinking water. - Read more Listing Thumbnail

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Recycling Batteries and The Toxic Hazards of Battery Disposal
Almost all small household electronic appliances and devices are powered by batteries. Although many devices come supplied with rechargeable batteries, even rechargeable batteries eventually wear out and will require replacement. Proper disposal of all batteries is particularly important to avoid contamination of landfill.

Diageo Reuses Waste From Manufacturing
In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint and ultimately send zero waste from its manufacturing facilities to landfills, Diageo, the world's leading spirits, wine and beer company, recently announced that its Plainfield, Illinois facility is implementing a new byproduct reuse initiative that will send berries and seeds from gin production to Waste Management, Inc.'s local composting site.

Box4Water – turning wastewater into drinking water
The Luxembourg-based cleantech company Epuramat recently introduced its newly developed container water treatment facility Box4Water to the public for the first time. Box4Water can treat very dirty wastewater all the way up to drinking water quality.

Sanitation: slow progress, action crucial, say 2400 experts in Stockholm
Slow progress on sanitation will cause the world to badly fail the Millennium Development Goals while weak policy, poor management, increasing waste and exploding water demands are pushing the planet towards the tipping point of global water crisis.

California "water bank" in works amid drought
California's state government is forming a "water bank" to buy water for local water agencies at risk of shortages next year should a current drought persist, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Thursday. Schwarzenegger in June declared the most populous U.S. state to officially be in drought and declared nine counties in its farm-rich Central Valley to be in a state of emergency because water supplies were so low after two years of below-average rainfall.