But the work is still around, in part because of the poor sanitation system in India.

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The organization also is raising funds to build a water tower, an eco-friendly sanitation system and a library and to help provide electricity.

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The report said the night sanitation (night san) system was "degrading".

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Building on its relationships throughout the developing world, Water for People partnered with Akvo to develop an Internet-based system for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data on water and sanitation projects.

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Paris was spared the most uncomfortable experience a big modern city can have, for the water system has continued to work, a very important factor not only in sanitation but morale.

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As the collaboration developed, the team constructed a new business model to overcome the lack of sanitation infrastructure and solve the issue of waste removal: the concept of a service-based system.

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But the Travel Foundation helped develop a ticketing system that redirected fees to the community, who used the money to invest in education and sanitation.

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Crohn's disease and colitis, two similar diseases in which a person's immune system violently attacks the lining of the intestines, may be more common now than in the days before sanitation and effective drugs because there aren't enough intestinal worms to keep immune systems busy.

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