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Pseudomonas bacteria like those which killed four babies have been traced to water taps in neo-natal units.
BBC: Health statement
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In poor countries drinking water comes out of taps, communal standpipes, the water-seller's cart, wells, boreholes, streams or puddles.
ECONOMIST: Third-world water and the private sector
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Installing simple, cheap devices such as water-saving taps and toilets can reduce consumption by up to 50%.
BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Tourism damaging Med's wetlands
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The RQIA concluded that the bug was linked to water from contaminated taps in hospital neonatal units.
BBC: Caoimhe Campbell and her partner Gavin Burke
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Nearly half of that water came from taps, including drinking fountains.
WSJ: With Bottle-Fillers in Mind, the Water Fountain Evolves
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Mains water is now running from taps in the areas of Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Quedgeley, Bishop's Cleeve and Prestbury.
BBC: Mitchell Taylor hoped to go to university
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By the middle of the month, electricity had returned and water was running into the hotel bathroom taps again.
CNN: Witness to disaster: Six months on from Japan's tsunami
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We have had no water since Christmas Eve, starting with the bath taps.
BBC: Water chaos affects thousands in Northern Ireland
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Water-saving devices such as self-closing taps are mandatory.
CNN: Special Report Drought
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Hot taps in some rooms supplied orange-coloured water, curtains were missing from some bedrooms and lounge furnishings were sparse.
BBC: Doctor
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In case you don't have your smartphone app handy, the taps are equipped with LED lights to show the water's filter status as well -- blue means clean, yellow means not so much and red means you should probably get a new filter, pronto.
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