While social entrepreneurship is starting to make a difference in addressing the global water crisis, so much more needs to be done.

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One substantial achievement, announced earlier this month, will make it much easier for Tribes to gain access to USDA funding for water and sewer improvement projects, electrical system upgrades and telecommunications services including broadband.

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Indeed, on the tiny residential scale think about how much energy is wasted when you heat up a whole kettle of water to make just one cup of tea.

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Yet it will eventually make it much easier to operate off Alaska, with ever longer periods of open water.

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It reminds me of automated water faucets that won't let me wash my hands no matter how much motion I make.

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