Building Water Articles & Analysis
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Economic and infrastructure problems hamper the availability of water for basic hygiene measure According to the World Health Organization (WHO) office of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), hand-washing is the No. 1 COVID-19 prevention strategy. ...
As an unintended consequence of closure, pipes of unused buildings store water for unusually long periods of time. This favors the growth of organisms such as Legionella, which can cause pneumonia in humans. ...
Along with the eradication of hunger, ensuring access to a safe and reliable supply of water for the estimated 1.1 billion people who lack it is essential to better health for all. The realistic option in many cities now may be to bypass efforts to build costly water-based sewage removal and treatment systems and to opt instead for ...