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From open sewage to high-tech hydrohub, Singapore leads water revolution
Posted by Reuters: Alisa Tang on August 3rd, 2015
Reuters: Fifty years ago Singapore had to ration water, and its smelly rivers were devoid of fish and choked with waste from shipbuilding, pig farms and toilets that emptied directly into streams. But it's a very different story today. The world's most densely populated country now collects rainwater from two-thirds of its land, recycles wastewater and is even developing technology that mimics human kidneys to desalinate seawater. "In about a lifetime, we have transformed Singapore," said George Madhavan,...
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Comments Off on From open sewage to high-tech hydrohub, Singapore leads water revolutionVanuatu risks long-term food insecurity after monster cyclone: UN
Posted by Reuters: Alisa Tang on March 30th, 2015
Reuters: The monster cyclone that hit Vanuatu earlier this month wiped out more than 90 percent of the archipelago's crops, putting its people at risk of a secondary emergency and long-term food insecurity, the United Nations warned on Monday. Tropical Cyclone Pam destroyed homes, electricity infrastructure and crops when it swept across the South Pacific island nation on March 13, leaving at least 11 dead. The United Nations issued an appeal last week for $29.9 million to provide an estimated 166,000 affected...
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