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Many countries provide aid with drinking water around the world. The United States has a program set up where you can either donate money or volunteer to help build wells in many areas of Africa and other third world countries that may need safe drinking water. Many people take water for granted because we have a virtually unlimited supply of it where we are but there are many places where water is scarce or nonexistent. Read more…

There are several simple and effective ways to purify drinking water. These methods are inexpensive and easily executed with simple household items. The first and most simple would be to boil your water for at least one minute. Reaching the boiling point, a temperature of 100 C or 212 F, will kill all bacteria, viruses, and microorganisms but is still considered to be only an emergency option. The next step to further purification of your water would be to boil it and collect vapors therefore leaving behind all dead or dying organisms as well as salts and minerals. Another option is Read more…

There are people in many countries that suffer from a lack of safe drinking water. There is a high deficiency in many places. People are trying to filter water the best they can but it is hard for them to find any that is safe to drink. They either live in an area with water that is not safe to drink, or they could even live in an area with no water at all such as the desert. There are ways that you can help and there are ways to get Read more…

Citizens of first world countries often take clean drinking water for granted. However, there are many countries in the world where access to drinking water is a very big problem and often leads to disease, destruction of their society, and even death. The United Nations has classified this issue as a “water crisis.” Countries with the biggest water problems include Sudan, Ethiopia, Tunisia, and Venezuela. In some poverty stricken areas, people spend the majority of their time simply trying to find and collect enough clean water to survive.

In addition to being used for drinking and cooking, clean water is Read more…