Database
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Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus
This resource provides the largest collection of full text from leading regional and international newspapers and periodicals, full-text reference books, tens of thousands of full-text biographies, and a collection of images containing more than one million photos, maps, and flags.
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West Australian Digital Archive
The West Australia Archive Digital Editions provides full text searching of past issues of the West Australian. Each issue is searchable the day after publication.
Articles and Websites
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Sklar, J. (2013). Silver solution to clean, cheap water. New Scientist, 218(2916), 17.
The article describes a report published in "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" by researcher Thalappil Pradeep and team on the development of an inexpensive portable filter for drinking water treatment made from an aluminum composite containing silver nanoparticles. -
Eulich, W. (2012, June 12). Millennium development goal met: 2 billion access water. Christian Science Monitor.
More than 2 billion people have gained access to improved water sources since 1990. The Millennium Development Goal – to halve the number of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water – was met in 2010, five years ahead of schedule, according to a report compiled by the United Nations and the World Health Organization.
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Lederer E.M. (2010, July 30). UN declares access to clean water a fundamental human right. Toronto Star (Canada).
The UN General Assembly has declared access to clean water and sanitation a "human right" in a resolution that more than 40 countries including the United States and Canada didn't support.
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Han, E. (2013, September 8). Scientists’ water filter to aid poor. Sun-Herald, The (Sydney). p. 9.
A water purification filter created by Australian scientists has pipes just 10,000th the width of a human hair and could provide relief to millions of people without access to safe drinking water. -
Water Supply System. (2015). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com.au.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/levels/high/article/76242
Water supply system, infrastructure for the collection, transmission, treatment, storage, and distribution of water for homes, commercial establishments, industry, and irrigation, as well as for such public needs as firefighting and street flushing.
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Gravotta, L. (2013, May 7). Cheap nanotech filter clears hazardous microbes and chemicals from drinking water. Retrieved from http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cheap-nanotech-filter-water/
About 780 million people—a tenth of the world’s population—do not have access to clean drinking water. Water laced with contaminants such as bacteria, viruses, lead and arsenic claims millions of lives each year. But an inexpensive device that effectively clears such contaminants from water may help solve this problem.
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NRDC. (n.d.). Bringing safe water to the world. Retrieved from http://www.nrdc.org/international/safewater.asp
One billion people around the world don't have access to clean, safe water. Developed countries have essentially eradicated diseases such as cholera, typhoid and malaria, but in developing nations, these and other waterborne illnesses kill 5 million people each year -- 6,000 children every day.
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World Health Organization. (n.d.). Health through safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/mdg1/en/
Goal 7, target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals aims at halving by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.
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Shannon, M. A., Bohn, P. W., Elimelech, M., Georgiadis, J. G., Mariñas, B. J., & Mayes, A. M. (2008). Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades. Nature, 452(7185), 301-310.
One of the most pervasive problems afflicting people throughout the world is inadequate access to clean water and sanitation. Problems with water are expected to grow worse in the coming decades, with water scarcity occurring globally, even in regions currently considered water-rich.
Media
Considine, G. (Writer). (2011). Water Issues [Television broadcast]. In World Wide Entertainment (Executive Producer). Sustainable Futures. Falls Church, VA: Landmark Media.