Twenty One 21st Century Engineering Challenges (1-10)

By: | March 22nd, 2013

10. Provide access to clean water – lack of water is responsible for more deaths in the world than wars. One out of every six people living today does not have access to an adequate supply of water. It is estimated that 5,000 children worldwide die from diarrhea-related diseases each day. With the growing population of the world this may be the most important problem to solve over the next nine decades.

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David Russell Schilling

David enjoys writing about high technology and its potential to make life better for all who inhabit planet earth.

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