• Drinking water and non-potable water stations at various locations (wells are the norm except in the town center).

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  • "Conventional biofuels need agricultural land and potable water -- which we need for other things, " he said.

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  • The interview, conducted by Mr. Bert Diphoorn, UN-Water vice chair, shed light on international water strategy and policy and the effectiveness of collaboration to achieve water sustainability and to meet global demand for potable water, as well as on the role of the water-food-energy nexus in sustainable growth.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • He told them that guards were refusing to provide bottled water and telling prisoners to drink from tap water that inmates believe is non-potable.

    NPR: Striking Guantanamo Prisoners Say Water Denied

  • The state government confesses it can no longer supply potable water free of charge, and has introduced monthly fixed charges - but only residents in affluent neighbourhoods, like Victoria Island, Lekki and Ikoyi, pay.

    BBC: NEWS | Africa | Lagos: Africa's party capital

  • Humanitarian agencies said some 5.4 million people affected by the typhoon urgently need food, potable water and shelter after Bopha wiped out 90 percent of houses in the worst-hit towns in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.

    MSN: Weakened typhoon set to make second landfall in Philippines - Weather | NBC News

  • The rising global population (estimated to grow from 7 billion to 9 billion by mid-century) together with economic growth in emerging markets will mean burgeoning demand for both potable water and food.

    FORBES: New Technology Reduces Agricultural Water Consumption

  • In absorption mode, the cloth can hold 340 percent of its own weight -- compared to just 18 percent without the polymer's aid -- and when it warms up, it releases the collected moisture as clean and pure potable water.

    ENGADGET

  • Material safety includes access to things like potable water, food and health services while legal safety includes redress for human rights violations, non-discrimination, and unhindered access to justice.

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  • The cardboard box from which the Jayalalitha-lookalike was doling out soft drink cans, dripped stickily onto my notebooks and elicited a quick apology -- repeated in the same vein when informing me that no, there were no bottles of potable water in lieu of the fizzy stuff.

    CNN: From Our Correspondent: On a Magical Hill

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