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Water, clean fresh water for everyone.

by miramaze @ Tuesday, 02. Sep, 2008 – 11:36:13

In recent years I've really grown to appreciate clean fresh water, on tap. Here in Stockholm our tap water is good enough to drink while in many parts of the world this is not the case.

London tap water tastes dreadful, full of flourine or something and the tales of the same water going round several times don't exactly help.

Yesterday I got an email from :

http://www.charitywater.org/birthdays/intro/trailer.html?MID=16

which is about someone visitijng a hospital in Africa and being horrified that the water coming out of the tap came out brown and dirty. This lead to this guy asking his friends to donate money instead of birthday presents and funding for the drilling of a well to provide clean fresh drinking water for the people there.

This was two years ago and they are not stopping there.
Ethiopia is next and the goal is to get safe drinking water to the people of Ethiopia.

He writes :

Thousands of people are giving up their birthday gifts this year and asking for small donations to help people in need.

100% of the money raised will go directly to building wells.

You can check out the photos and videos, and sign up to help at

http://www.borninseptember.org

Please consider donating if you feel moved to do so.

Thank you!

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8 Comments to Water, clean fresh water for everyone.

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- jackfrost ^Pro
- Tuesday, 02. Sep, 2008 @ 11:55:55
In blind taste tests, most people cannot tell the difference between chilled bottled water and chilled London tap water.
- - miramaze
  - Tuesday, 02. Sep, 2008 @ 14:12:23
  Is that so ?
  That's a good tip I very rarely drink chilled water though.
  
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- Jenniebaby
- Tuesday, 02. Sep, 2008 @ 11:59:19
I like London tap water...
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- technomist
- Tuesday, 02. Sep, 2008 @ 13:01:23
We don't have the same sort of water shortages that they do in continental countries, so London is not like Germany where they take their water out of the Rhine over and over again. I live about 500 meters away from one of the main drinking water reservoirs and treatment plants in North London and can assure you our drinking water is not recycled: our effluent is carried away in huge drains and has been for over a century, ending up (after being treated) out in the Thames Estuary, from where no water is taken for drinking purposes.

The London tap water is as pure as bottled products, as purchasers of Desani discovered. In fact its better, because it doesn't taste of plastic. It tastes fine to me.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0304-04.htm
- - miramaze
  - Tuesday, 02. Sep, 2008 @ 15:13:36
  I can't agree with you about the taste of London tap water. Sorry.
  
  However I do thank you for pointing out that some bottled water is simply tap water in a bottle and that one should look for "source" or "spring" on the label.
  
  I'm not at all in favour of bottled water when good fresh tap water is available.
  
  The main point of this post was to awaken awareness that not everyone has access to clean drinking water and that solutions are possible and within reach.
  
  I am extremely grateful for clean hot and cold water on tap.
  
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- http://menomamauk.blog.co.uk
- Tuesday, 02. Sep, 2008 @ 13:04:26
That's a brilliant goal and vision! Thanks!
- - technomist
  - Tuesday, 02. Sep, 2008 @ 13:08:35
  But not as well promoted as it could be when it involves asking part of the audience to forget the knowledge of their own experience. xx
  - - miramaze
    - Tuesday, 02. Sep, 2008 @ 15:15:00
    What do you mean ?
    
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