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Reducing and reusing wastewater: Six essential reads for World Water Day

  • Written by Jennifer Weeks, Editor, Environment and Energy, The Conversation
imageLast year's Olympic Games in Rio highlighted the health perils of contaminated waters. AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo

Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories.

Every year on March 22, the United Nations observes World Water Day to highlight the global water crisis. This year the focus is on reducing and reusing wastewater from...

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