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Global clean drinking water crisis: problems and solutions

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Afghan children pump water from a well
Afghan children pump water from a well in Gamser, Helmand province, on February 20, 2011. Afghanistan has the highest mortality rate in the world - 257 deaths per 1,000 live births - and 70 percent of the population lacks access to clean water, according to UNICEF.
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Using a roadside tap
An Indian youth, right, washes himself from a roadside tap while a woman fills a dish on a hot day in Allahabad, India, on May 25, 2013.
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Afghan children pump water from a well
Afghan children pump water from a well in Gamser, Helmand province, on February 20, 2011. Afghanistan has the highest mortality rate in the world - 257 deaths per 1,000 live births - and 70 percent of the population lacks access to clean water, according to UNICEF.
ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images
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Washing in polluted water
A woman does her washing using polluted water from a canal in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2006.
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