The student organization educates Auburn University students and community members about countries around the world that do not have access to clean water.
Finding solutions The organization partners with NeverThirst, a non-profit out of Birmingham that gives water filters to families around the world.
The filters cost $150 and last for 10 years.
“There are a lot of communities that have to travel really far to get to their water source and, when you have that problem, that’s hours in a day wasted that can be spent on education or developing a nation,” said James Smith, former president of Auburn for Water.
“So when you’re spending hours a day trying to collect clean water, that’s wasted time.” Smith said NeverThirst does both family by family targeting in some communities and an entire well in other communities, depending on the area.
Events during Water Week include a concert and Ultimate Frisbee tournament.
So she drank chemically contaminated water for 4 years.
She also has psoriasis and migranes and several other medical conditions that have all been directly linked to that consumption of contaminated water.” Growing up, Bergstresser saw her mom struggle with health issues related to the water contamination at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
“it’s really crazy to tell a 14-year-old that your mom has cancer, and then later find out that it was because someone was dumping chemicals into water,” Bergstresser said.
So just how the families struggle to begin with just to have food, but then to see families have to struggle with dirty water related illnesses only makes their job of surviving that much harder.” Nabors explained the importance of taking care of our water sources.

Opinion » Comment The changed ground realities vis-à-vis hydrological, agronomical and ecological conditions of both Punjab and Haryana have rendered old agreements, and the consequent building of the SYL Canal, unfeasible.
It has been widely reported in the media that the Government of India is willing to mediate and is prepared to refer the issue relating to the sharing of Ravi-Beas waters to a new tribunal to be constituted under the amended Interstate Water Disputes Act, 1956, provided the government of Punjab gives an undertaking that it would abide by the award of the newly constituted tribunal.
Secondly, how is the government of Punjab expected to give such an undertaking, even before the tribunal is constituted and its terms of reference are known?
That Punjab has requisite water to meet its current requirements and, rather than sharing it with its needy neighbour, is letting it flow to Pakistan.
That carrying the non-existing surplus water to Haryana, by constructing a 214-km-long Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal, will mitigate water scarcity in southern Haryana, without causing any distress to the farmers of Punjab, who are currently utilising this water.
That there are no alternative and better ways of meeting the water scarcity of Haryana.
Unfortunately, none of these assumptions hold good today in the face of changed hydrological, agronomical and ecological conditions.
The changed ground realities have rendered such agreements and consequent building of the SYL Canal unfeasible, without causing a grave damage to the farmers of Punjab, which could not be the intention of the Central government, or the government of Haryana or the Supreme Court.
Thirdly, this radical shift in the cropping pattern of Punjab is in response to the policies pursued by the Central government in the late 1960s and early 1970s to provide much-needed food security to the country, which are even today being continued, despite many other states having caught up with Punjab in the production of wheat and rice.
Fifthly, more extensive exploitation of ground-water resources is hardly a solution for Punjab’s water problem.

Sathanur dam water not distributed properly: Velu.
Velu, Tiruvannamalai MLA and DMK district secretary, on Tuesday said the administration had failed to properly distribute water available in the Sathanur Reservoir.
Earlier, he visited pick-up dam of Sathanur Reservoir from where water is tapped for irrigation and drinking water needs of Tiruvannamalai town and other villages.
Mr. Velu said water supply schemes helped supply water to 200 villages, Tiruvannamalai municipality, Chengam and Pudupalayam town panchayats.
First of the three Sathanur Combined Water Schemes was initiated in 1972 through which 25 lakh litres were supplied to Tiruvannamalai town.
The second scheme implemented in 1974 supplied another 80 lakh litres to Tiruvannamalai.
Using these schemes, the administration claimed that 120 litres of water per day per person was being supplied to Tiruvannamalai town.
Thandarampattu, Radhapuram, Sirupakkam, Mel Chettipattu, Keel Chettipattu and Nallavanpalayam were supposed to get water from Sathanur CWSS.
But it was not sao.
Thanippadi village located near Sathanur was not getting sufficient water and the available water too was not clean.

BUSIA, Kenya, April 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Armed with a hoe and Wellington boots, George Wandera planted bamboo seedlings in neatly dug holes along the banks of a stream on his farm that feeds a nearby lake in western Kenya.
"I’ve never tried this on my farm before but it’s the first step in protecting the stream," he said.
"Wetlands such as lakes and floodplains act as natural safeguards against disasters, by absorbing excess rainfall during floods, with the stored water then available in times of drought," said Julie Mulonga, programme manager at Wetlands International Kenya, a conservation charity in Busia.
During the current drought, farmers and herders have been drawing water from the wetlands, and streams feeding them have run dry.
Local communities have also been draining them to grow crops, Mulonga said.
Wandera remembers when large parts of the Sio-Siteko wetland, near the border with Uganda, were drained to make way for farmland.
"We never thought our activities were harmful until we saw the consequences – that is, more floods during the rainy season and less water during the dry season, leading to a decline in vegetation and animal species," he said.
Charities like Wetlands International Kenya, with support from the government, are working with communities in Busia to protect their wetlands, while helping them develop alternatives to farming like beekeeping and eco-tourism.
Wandera said some farmers are building greenhouses to cultivate vegetables like yams.
"But they ensure the farmers can grow vegetables using less water and land, thus preventing their encroachment on wetlands," he added.

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Water Authority has issued guidelines on the usage of water and warned of strong action to curb its misuse in the wake of the severe drinking water shortage.
It has imposed a 25 percent cut in the water supplied to Thiruvananthapuram and enforced restrictions in the supply between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
The water from Peppara is released daily to Aruvikkara reservoir from where it is supplied to the city now.
Even water from bathrooms or flush can be used for purposes like watering plants, Fr Kurian said.
Avoid car wash: Refrain from washing vehicles using KWA water.
KWA drinking water should not be used for gardening.
Drink warm water, not cold The health department has issued an advisory to the people on the consumption of water to prevent the outbreak of diseases in the wake of the summer heat and shortage of water.
Action likely against car wash centres using drinking water The Kerala Water Authority may consider actions against car wash centres that ‘waste’ drinking water during the drought situation.
“Car wash centres that have KWA connection should use wells or other water bodies.
We do not supply purified water for vehicle washing purposes.

Ads by Kiosked Visakhapatnam: The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has failed to provide clean drinking water to the residents of Chintakayalavari Street near One Town area.
Hence, residents are struggling to fetch sufficient water for household chores.
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Corporation launches a campaign on safe drinking water, but fails to provide.
Therefore, it is becoming difficult for them to fetch sufficient water.
Vasu, a driving school owner, said that water scarcity has increased in recent times.
He further stated that they are purchasing water from private water suppliers.
He also said that the ground water level also polluted due to fly ash and if such contaminated water is consumed by the public it leads to health problems.
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Murang’a water firm to build Sh3 billion mega dam.
According to the initial design, it will be set up in Kangema where the county borders the Aberdares Forest and will have a capacity of 400,000 cubic metres.
Residents have complained over water scarcity due to the current drought.
Murang’a Water and Sanitation Company (Muwasco) plans to build a Sh3 billion mega dam in a bid to meet the needs of area residents.
According to the initial design, it will be set up in Kangema where the county borders the Aberdares Forest and will have a capacity of 400,000 cubic metres.
The water will not only be used for domestic purposes, but will facilitate irrigation in the semi arid lower parts of the county.
These include Mukuyu, Kambiti and Maranjau.
Residents have complained over water scarcity due to the current drought.
“As a result of devolution, we are having very many people settling in the county.
We want to invest in storage so we can cater for growing need,” he noted.

Innolux to invest in water-conservation tech.
According to Chief Sustainability Officer Chen Chih-ming (陳志明), Innolux is aiming to meet its target of sustainable management of water resources by pairing the Water Resources Agency’s data on water with the current oversight of water-related operations at the company.
Earlier in March, President Tsai Ing-wen declared sustainable water management as the government’s "most important policy responsibility," after water shortages due to climate change had become a yearly obstacle for both the agricultural and the industrial sectors.
Local media reports found that Innolux has long been committed to the sustainable use of water, stressing "water recycling, water regeneration, and water neutralization" as the three key pillars of its water sustainability development blueprint.
The management system is reportedly capable of tracking the performance of plant equipment, factory events, and water supply to allow Innolux a better understanding of future water resources.
Water Conservation Efforts In 2008, Innolux introduced the MBR-RO systems for water reuse into its manufacturing plants, thereby adopting the world’s most advanced water recycling technology.
With this technology, 14 of its Taiwan-based plants actively promoted an effective water recycling policy that on average reused 95 percent of their water supply.
This rate of recycling far exceeds international standards, according to local media reports.
In 2016, the company recycled 589,000 tons of rain water, akin to 235 standard-size pools.
Sustainability as a Goal The Innolux Education Foundation announced on Tuesday that it would take on Taiwan’s poor air quality as well as reforestation as key issues for the foundation to address.

Take the case of village Gordhia in Chatra district of Jharkhand, where people mostly work as labourers and peasants.
Most of the people living in the village are below poverty line and government schemes on water barely reach these far off villages.
Across the border of Jharkhand state in Bihar, Akhilesh Prajapt, 55 from Village Siba in Gaya district has a similar story to share.
He also works as a labourer and the village has been witnessing water scarcity since last three years.
According to Najeeb Ahmed, a volunteer of Hyderabad-based Sahayata Trust in Bihar and Jharkhand, which helps people in these villages by installing hands pumps and bore wells, “Most of the villagers work as labourers and installing a hand pump requires digging deep in the ground up to 275 to 300 feet.
The poor population is forced to buy water at inflated prices from ‘water mafia’.
Similarly, in Kammimpet village of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, Beedi workers earning barely Rs 100 a day have a very hard time to fetch drinking water.
Every day they have to undergo on a journey for miles in agricultural lands fitted with bore wells to fill their water pots.
The bore wells on agricultural lands are few and people who need water are more.
These ponds used to serve as a source of drinkable water for more than 1000 villages.

Murtaza assures restoration of blocked CNICs.
Islamabad Deputy Speaker National Assembly Murtaza Javed Abbasi on Monday said the identity cards blocked by National Database and Registration Authority would e restored within next couple of days.
‘The recommendations of the Committee constituted on this issue had been approved and Interior Ministry has completed task on this issue’, he informed the House in response to a point of order raised by ANP Leader Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour.
‘Implementation on recommendations shall start during this week after issuance of a notification and process of restoring 174,000 CNICs shall start thereon,’ he explained.
An amount of Rs 18.5 billion has been allocated to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) for conducting 6th Population Census 2017.
The first phase in designated districts was started on March 15, in which the operation in the first block had been successfully completed while it started in the second block on March 31.
Similarly, the census operation in the districts falling in phase-11 would start on April 25 and complete by May 25, he added.
State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali Monday apprised the Senate that water scarcity was an important national issue and called for jointing hands to cope it effectively.
The minister said the government has acquired 90 per land for Diamer Bhasha dam and work on it would be started by end of this year.
He called for strict legislation regarding water use to address the water shortage issue in the country.