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MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. — Sixteen-year-old Priyanka Ghosh Choudhuri, with help from her friends and family, organized a cultural event here Sept. 23 for the benefit of ‘The Samburu Project’ to build a well to provide clean water for a community in Samburu, Kenya.
‘The Samburu Project’ is a grass roots non-profit organization, headquartered in Los Angeles, whose goal is to provide people in a village of Kenya, called “Samburu,” access to clean and safe drinking water.
They do this primarily by building water wells.
Since 2005, the organization has drilled 100 water wells in Samburu.
The Indian American student became involved with “The Samburu Project” charity in 2016 through an annual event called “Walk for Water,” according to a press release.
Since then she joined the charity’s awareness club in her high school, called TRIBE.
She actively helped with all Samburu events through freshman year and sophomore year, including walking door to door in her neighborhood to raise funds.
The venue was decorated to allow the guests to visualize how water is transported from the wells to the people’s homes in Samburu, including handicrafts available for purchase made by the people there.
After a brief presentation by the executive director of the charity, the audience was shown a short video shot in Samburu this summer.
The featured highlight of the evening was Rabindra Nath Tagore’s famous Bengali dance drama “Chandalika,” with Choudhuri playing the part of Chandalika, a young untouchable girl.

Drinking water hasn’t been a huge issue in the race for governor, but it’s everything for people in Kewaunee County.
Federal, state and local leaders have been working with researchers to address contamination.
Progress is being made to protect drinking water, and candidates have shared their thoughts on what should be done to address water contamination.
Balza pays $30 a month for six water coolers and buys 24-packs of bottled water because she doesn’t trust her well water is safe to drink.
Walker’s DNR formed a work group to address water contamination several years ago.
The research led to new state standards for manure spreading in eastern Wisconsin that were approved by Walker.
Farmers don’t want wells contaminated because it could be their own well.
“Farmers in general do not want groundwater contamination.” Don Niles co-owns Dairy Dreams, a 2,950-cow dairy farm, and he works with the farmer-led nonprofit Peninsula Pride Farms.
The problem, Muldoon said, is that spreading restrictions and soil depth don’t provide the most protection for groundwater.
Kewaunee County conservationist Davina Bonness supports the new state standards and is working to implement recommendations from the DNR’s work group.

And who would have imagined that the cholera outbreak in Harare would catch some hallowed brands with their pants down?
The World Health Organisation agrees that the safety and accessibility of drinking-water are major concerns throughout the world.
A local paper revealed that the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) in a report had found that producers and suppliers were selling bottled water that was “contaminated.” The confidential report alleged that sampled bottled water had high levels of heterotrophic plate counts (HPC).
The paper did what any concerned publication would do.
I am sure the import of this was not lost on those said to be making false allegations, in this case EMA and paper in question.
This also highlighted one aspect of corporate denialism – the conflict between internal legal counsel and PR – particularly in times of crisis.
A response that is sensitive to the concerns of the public.
Yet, a follow-up story went on to expose the shadier side of corporate politics.
My advice is that as companies go through a crisis, it’s always important to reflect on a measured response.
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Drinking water hasn’t been a huge issue in the race for governor, but it’s everything for people in Kewaunee County.
Federal, state and local leaders have been working with researchers to address contamination.
Progress is being made to protect drinking water, and candidates have shared their thoughts on what should be done to address water contamination.
Balza pays $30 a month for six water coolers and buys 24-packs of bottled water because she doesn’t trust her well water is safe to drink.
Walker’s DNR formed a work group to address water contamination several years ago.
The research led to new state standards for manure spreading in eastern Wisconsin that were approved by Walker.
Farms with less than two feet of soil won’t be able to spread manure because it’s more likely contaminants will pass through thin soil into the region’s fractured bedrock, ultimately reaching groundwater.
Farmers don’t want wells contaminated because it could be their own well.
The problem, Muldoon said, is that spreading restrictions and soil depth don’t provide the most protection for groundwater.
Erika Balza says her well in Kewaunee County has been contaminated with nitrates, bacteria and manure because of farming practices and the region’s fractured bedrock.

Thirty two photographers are displaying 100 photographs at the show that has been organised by Development Organisation of the Rural Poor.
‘Bangladesh is a land of many rivers.
There are 700 rivers in the country.
However, clean drinking water is scarce and the majority of the people living in villages lack access to safe drinking water and sanitation’, the organisers said in a written statement.
The displayed photographs address issues like drought, arsenic pollution, importance of safe drinking water and others.
Peal Dutt’s photograph, titled ‘Fishing Life and River’ shows a man catching fish in a polluted river.
Chairman of National Human Rights Commission Kazi Reazul Hoque inaugurated the photo exhibition as the chief guest.
DROP president Md Azhar Ali Talukder presided over the inauguration ceremony.
‘The displayed photographs portray plight of the people who lack access to safe drinking water.
The exhibition will be end today.

Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett recently announced that USDA is investing $392 million to help rebuild and improve rural water and wastewater infrastructure in 42 states.
Iowa The city of Blairsburg, in Hamilton County, will be using a $990,000 Rural Development loan and $560,000 Rural Development grant to dig a well, construct a treatment plant, install water meters and provide a standby power system.
A 90-year-old treatment plant that will be replaced, improving service to the community of 215.
Missouri The city of Clarksdale is receiving a $226,000 loan and a $539,000 grant to replace water lines, meter equipment, install 10 hydrants and improve water tower equipment, ultimately improving service for more than 270 users.
The village of Western will use a $1.03 million loan and a $463,000 grant to replace a sewage treatment facility with a land application lagoon system.
Additional funding includes a $24,000 Rural Development Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households grant awarded in FY 2016.
The Stonewall Public Works Authority will receive a $1,877,000 loan and a $562,000 grant for water distribution system improvements, replacement of water wells, and replacement of a water storage tank.
Texas Brookesmith Special Utility District will use a $3 million loan and a $2.4 million grant to finance water line improvements, including line relocation and meter installation.
The upgrade will improve service to almost 4,000 residents.
More than 200 customers are being assisted with this project.

Accra, Oct. 18, GNA – Madam Cecelia Dapaah, the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, has called on colleague ministers of sanitation and health to make frantic efforts to prioritise issues of SDG-6 in their various countries.
She urged them to put in place local roadmaps towards achieving them, because "we cannot afford to fail our people in this regard".
Madam Dapaah was speaking at the opening of a two-day high level meeting to discuss Africa Regional efforts in achieving SDG 3 and 6 and to launch the WASH Strategy and Round II Reports in Accra.
Health and sanitation ministers and other stakeholders in the sector participated in the conference, which was on the theme: "Achieving SDG 6 and Safe Water for All: A Focus on Water Treatment and WASH in Healthcare Facilities".
Madam Dapaah said there was the need for Africa to focus on achieving local sustainability so that communities could successfully own, support and maintain their water systems to ensure quality drinking water.
The Minister said, however, that in spite of those successes, about 4,000 Ghanaian children still died annually from diarrhoea and an additional 23 per cent suffer from stunted growth and chronic malnutrition, which were linked to unsafe water and poor sanitation.
He said the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with related ministries and agencies, had made some strides in improving WASH services in health facilities to enhance the overall quality of clinical service.
He said the Ministry had also collaborated with UNICEF to initiate projects with an overall objective of developing a national strategy for WASH in healthcare facilities.
Dr Owen Kaluwa, the WHO Country Representative, said lack of access to safe water and adequate sanitation was one of the significant environmental risk factors to health.
"We need to form effective partnerships in the work we have to do together to improve on water and sanitation," he added.

Previously, the district took action if levels were above 15 ppb.
Now, any drinking water or food preparation locations testing at greater than 5 ppb will be taken out of service until mitigation is completed and acceptable test results are achieved, Swift said in a written update shared with parents and other community members this week.
"We will continue the process to replace older water fixtures with hydration stations in all schools until we achieve the recommended 1 station per 100 individuals, dependent on floor plan of the building and student and staff population," Swift wrote.
"The AAPS protocol for addressing the issue, when lead levels read at >5ppb, may include replacing water fixtures, installing certified lead filters and, in some cases, replacing water pipes behind the fixture, which is the protocol indicated by water quality experts."
The district’s last annual tests from July and August of 2017 showed several schools had lead in the water from various faucets and drinking fountains above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency action level of 15 parts per billion, and others at lower levels.
In some cases, the levels were well above the EPA action level — as high as 320 ppb from one faucet at Burns Park Elementary.
Swift said the district has voluntarily tested the water annually since 2016 in all AAPS schools and has addressed issues in all cases where there were lead levels above the 15-ppb action level, and now the district is implementing its own voluntary 5-ppb action level.
Some concerned parents have pointed out the 15-ppb action level the district followed in the past is not a health standard and the EPA actually has set a maximum contaminant level goal for lead in drinking water at zero, because lead is a toxic metal that can be harmful even at low exposure levels, and children are particularly vulnerable.
The last round of testing last year showed the following detections of lead from various school water fixtures: Abbott Elementary — 2-8 ppb Allen Elementary — 2-8 ppb Angell Elementary — 1-42 ppb Ann Arbor Open at Mack School — 1-9 ppb Bach Elementary — 2-15 ppb Balas Administration Building — 1 ppb Bryant Elementary — 1-4 ppb Burns Park Elementary — 2-320 ppb Carpenter Elementary — 2-4 ppb Clague Middle School — 1-50 ppb Community High — 2-26 ppb Dicken Elementary — 2-25 ppb Eberwhite Elementary — 2-39 ppb Forsythe Middle School — 2-120 ppb Haisley Elementary — 1-38 ppb Huron High — no detections King Elementary — 1-8 ppb Lakewood Elementary — 1-9 ppb Lawton Elementary — 1-51 ppb Logan Elementary — 1-6 ppb Mitchell Elementary — 1-4 ppb Pathways to Success Academic Campus — 2-7 ppb Pattengill Elementary — 1-16 ppb Pioneer High — 2-10 ppb Pittsfield Elementary — 4-8 ppb Preschool and Family Center — 1-8 ppb Scarlett Middle School — 1-3 ppb Skyline High — 1-31 ppb Slauson Middle School — 1-11 ppb STEAM at Northside — 1-110 ppb Tappan Middle School — 1-11 ppb Thurston Elementary — 1-2 ppb Wines Elementary — 1-82 ppb Abby Dumes, the parent of an AAPS first-grader, has been among the concerned community members who’ve pushed school district officials to do more to address the issue of lead in the water.
Dumes said the district’s new commitment to test all sources and lower the action level to 5 ppb is a big step in the right direction.

A campaign started by the women of Beechaganahalli village in Karnataka, India, has transformed lives.
Their efforts resulted in the building of a treatment plant to remove arsenic and fluoride from local groundwater – and now local people have clean water to drink.
KARNATAKA, India – Until a year ago, the water in Beechaganahalli village in Karnataka, India, was poisoning everyone who lived there.
It was naturally full of arsenic and fluoride.
However, the women in the village campaigned to change things, first by holding demonstrations and then by visiting every house and school to raise awareness.
Eventually, along with the village council, they persuaded a public health organization, Swasti, to help.
Swasti built a water filtration plant that provides clean water.
Although the water’s not free, it is much cheaper than the mineral water the women had been buying before.
And under the terms of the deal agreed for Swasti to build the plant, the women help run and maintain it.
The women of the village now travel to other villages to warn of the dangers of fluoride and arsenic in the groundwater and to ensure everyone can have access to clean drinking water.