Sentences with phrase «lack access to clean drinking water»

«Direct solar desalination could be a game changer for some of the estimated 1 billion people who lack access to clean drinking water,» said Rice scientist and water treatment expert Qilin Li, a corresponding author on the study.

«Billions of people lack access to clean drinking water and researchers are constantly searching for cost - effective ways to purify water for rural villages and developing areas.

LifeStraw Safe Water Fund People in Puerto Rico still lack access to clean drinking water — here you can send them individual filters or one large enough to supply a small village.

And «more than half of the 3.4 million residents lacking access to clean drinking water,» according to POLITICO.

-- Nell Fox, Seattle, WA Today fully one - sixth of the world's human population lacks access to clean drinking water, and more than two million people — mostly kids — die each year from water - borne diseases.

Tribune: Speakers at a seminar held on Thursday called for tangible steps to fight climate change and provide potable water to as many as 1.2 billion people who, they said, lacked access to clean drinking water.

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Talking with a lot of people there and learning more about the lack of opportunity to earn a fair wage, provide for families, have access to clean drinking water, etc. etc. etc. got me even more fired up.

In an effort to raise awareness about the lack of access to clean water, this team of engineers built a machine that converts sweat into drinking water.

In the West African nation of Togo, more than half of the population live below the poverty line, and a large number of the population lack reliable access to education, healthcare, electricity, and clean or safe drinking water.