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Water

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  • Duration: 6 mins
  • Publication date: 20 Apr 2007

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Water borne diseases; are they an invisible problem? Water borne diseases are killing more children that HIV/Aids. This film shows how engineers in MIT implement some of the simplest technologies to clean water for domestic use in some of the poorest parts of the world. 6’ 19’’

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    Susan Mercott

    MIT, Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Senior lecturer

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    Charles Harvey

    MIT, Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Associate Professor

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