Earlier, Mr Bhatia had been transferred from another job after questioning a large government irrigation project.

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The project uses non-conventional water sources for irrigation, including desalinated water surplus and treated wastewater.

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Her 2006 class project was to figure out an inexpensive way for farmers in Burma to extract water from the ground for irrigation.

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