If that weren't enough, this London brewery is also overturning the common perception abroad that British beer is warm, weak and undrinkable.

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Officials of the urban water system told Maiffret that with a few mouse clicks, he could have rendered the water undrinkable for millions of homes.

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For all that lived there it was WORMWOOD Rev 8:11 the wood became full of worms and the rivers water no longer sweet and undrinkable.

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For the modern consumer, the challenge isn't to avoid the undrinkable but to find that interesting bottle that will inspire the taste buds and impress your guests.

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Sapphire Energy's answer is a form of "green crude oil" made from algae, which can be grown on non-agricultural land in shallow paddies full of undrinkable saline water.

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The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), which brought the prosecution, said in a statement it had interviewed a number of complainants who all claimed the water was undrinkable because of its appearance.

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He said he accepts the state finding that drilling didn't cause the problem, but that authorities are still trying to find solution for the people who say their water is undrinkable.

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These days it has managed to persuade Indians to stop boiling their otherwise undrinkable tap water and instead use a now-ubiquitous water purifier known as "Aquaguard, " which has a 75% market share.

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America may have been founded by beer lovers--Massachusetts governor Samuel Adams came from a brewing family, and Ben Franklin famously loved to tipple--but for ages domestic brews were considered watery, weak and near undrinkable.

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