Improving water utilities in poor countries

Title: Improving water utilities in poor countries
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Improving water utilities in poor countries

Water is a resource believe to be unlimited but only recently people recognize it as a finite resource. There are many countries that have water shortages such as Mexico, Chile, and South Africa. In West Africa, people drink the same pond water where mothers launder clothes and thirsty cattle drink. The water are contaminated with guinea worm larvae and other deadly parasites. Children are dying of typhoid, cholera, and dysentery. They are going blind from …showed first 75 words of 657 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 657 total…soon. Building water dams has an negative impact on the ecosystems. Water is not a unlimited resource and it will be scarce in the near future. Works Cited: Joyce, Stephanie. Envirnomental Health Perspectives. Oct. 1997. 24 Feb. 2005 <http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/qa/105-10focus/focus.html>. Johannesburg Summit 2002. 23 Mar. 2003. United Nations. 23 Feb. 2005 <http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/index.html>. Peet, John. "Water, water everywhere." The Economist n.d.: n. pag

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