By expanding access to clean water, children are less at risk of being crippled by polio.
Today, 1 in 6 people in the world do not have access to clean water.
Many organizations exist to help provide clean water to villages that do not have it.
Access to clean water and sanitation was declared a human right in July 2010.
Local hotels and businesses have been putting out hoses to supply the homeless with clean water.
Many are in need of food, shelter, health care and clean water, said the U.N.
And what we mean by that is what's needed urgently is food, clean water.
Of special interest is the penalty the company faces under the Clean Water Act.
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The medical agency quickly found itself providing food, shelter and clean water to the refugees.
Hospitals in Iraq are in desperate need of basic medical supplies, clean water, power and medicine.
This translates into 4.6 million megaliters of clean water, enough to fill Lake Michigan.
The Clean Water and Clean Air Acts each cost about one per cent of G.
One in six people on the planet do not have access to clean water.
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So has the share of households getting clean water in Bonsaaso village in Ghana (see charts).
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There are thousands of people in the city and outside without heat, power, and clean water.
Thirty-seven percent of people who lack access to clean water live in that region.
People need it to drink, and they also need clean water to wash their hands.
Getting people clean water in the first place was probably the biggest public health victory ever.
One device will produce enough clean water to support a village of 300 people.
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One of the biggest barriers to China's long-term growth is access to clean water.
We launched our clean water and sanitation program in 1998, starting small with village-based water systems.
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He added that poor hygiene - including the lack of clean water - compounded the problem.
For all their wealth, China's cities have yet to conquer the challenge of clean water.
The lack of clean water or functioning hospitals could spark a public health emergency.
Clean water is the responsibility of local governments, while various federal agencies inspect food.
Cholera is endemic, it said, and threatens to worsen without latrines and clean water.
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In poor countries, demand for clean water is increasing rapidly, just as industrialisation is threatening supplies.
One idea to pay for the infrastructure overhaul is to establish a clean water trust fund.
Eradicating the painful worm depends on getting access to clean water and changing people's behavior.
Other complaints have forced the government to provide clean water and electricity in some poor areas.
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