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Why flush toilets are wasteful | Sci NC
3/22/22 PBS North Carolina

Why flush toilets are wasteful | Sci NC

Modern flush toilets waste a gallon and a half of treated, potable water every time you flush. The Duke Center for WaSH-AID is working on ways to get rid of waste more efficiently.

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Dipping into Sri Lanka’s Rural Wells
2/21/22 Pratt School of Engineering

Dipping into Sri Lanka’s Rural Wells

Duke researchers implemented a water sampling campaign in rural Sri Lanka—aiming to discover origins of a cluster of chronic kidney disease