Some 1.5 million children under five die each year from sickness caused by water-borne diseases.
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Villagers raised thousands of pounds to repair the church tower after it was damaged by water.
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But Singh's other recommendations, many of them championed by water experts elsewhere, went unheeded.
Potholes are formed by water seeping through cracks in the asphalt surface of a road.
Lastly, group plants together by water usage to ensure they get the correct amount of water.
Another 20 percent of irrigated land is damaged by water logging or salinity, the agency says.
Later observations by the Viking spacecraft suggested the geologic features were likely carved by water.
From Libya to Italy by water is a little farther than from Washington to New York.
Guinea worm is a non-fatal disease transmitted by water fleas living in stagnant water.
One factory has been overwhelmed by water almost 1.5 metres (4 feet) deep.
Geologists will tell you that Namibia's dunes are built and shaped by wind and carved by water.
The bitumen coats the grains of sand like a film and is in turn surrounded by water.
Manhattan, the heart of the city, is an island, separated from all the other boroughs by water.
According to industry statistics, more than 82.5 million mobile phones nationwide have been destroyed by water or moisture.
Here, a network of valleys believed to have formed by water erosion enters Gale Crater from the outside.
Observe the flooded plains, covered by water driven ashore by sustained winds, and the rivers overflowing their banks.
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In all that concrete, marble and glass, it's easy to forget it's a city made possible by water.
The laser Mr Hansen uses emits light with a wavelength of 2, 940 nanometres, which is primarily absorbed by water.
Amid ornate chandeliers, the ceiling and walls were hopelessly stained by water that had leaked in from the roof.
The holts are part of the Otters and Rivers Project, a joint initiative by Water UK and the Wildlife Trust.
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Take the capital city of India's Tamil Nadu, Chennai, a festering, overgrown metropolis that is often hit by water shortages.
The walnut top of his colonial style desk was marred by water stains from a second-story flood the office suffered months earlier.
"But regional growth should not be constrained by water concerns, " he said.
Ringed by mountains and surrounded by water, Yuhuan County is literally an island and is cut off from the rest of China.
Mr. Hollopeter says he got excited by water-blasting because it's so low-tech.
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"San Francisco is a very nice city, surrounded on three sides by water, and there's an utter lack of supply, " he says.
Pieces of a historic collection damaged by water after Friday's blaze were moved to Oxford by a team of salvage experts at the weekend.
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They found some of the sites under construction almost completely surrounded by water from the flooding that has followed two days of persistent rain.
Users can draw graphic shapes on top of images to study such phenomena as parabolas produced by water fountains and the curvature of antennas.
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