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Watershed moment: How Chesapeake Bay turned its H2O around

David Karas

August 15, 2019 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Annapolis, Maryland

After decades of conservation and cleanup, the 42% of the entire Chesapeake Bay meets water quality standards. The Chesapeake Bay Program organized a regional collaboration between nonprofits, the government, and educational institutions, worked together to protect and clean the Bay, which is home to fishing, tourism, and agriculture. While much progress has been made, the group recognizes the amount of work left if they are to ever see a majority clean watershed.

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Can We Change Our Behavior or are We Stuck?

David Byrne

August 14, 2019 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Australia, Melbourne

When Melbourne, Australia came close to running out of water in 2008, the water utility conducted a behavioral study to launch an effective communications campaign aimed at reducing water usage among city residents. Along with the effective advertising campaign, the city distributed water-efficient shower heads, offered rebates to people who bought water-efficient machines, and used other "nudge" techniques like telling people how much water they used in relation to neighbors.

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Solar Powered Water Projects Solve Clean Water Crisis In Bidibidi Refugee Settlement

Kiberu Gideon

August 02, 2019 |

Things That Work Uganda |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Bidibidi

Solar-powered pumps can improve access to clean water for displaced populations. The United Nation’s High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) program have sponsored the installation of dozens of water pumps in Uganda’s Yumbe district, where up to 80 percent of the children in some schools are refugees.

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How Making Reusable Pads Is Helping Women In Bidibidi

Cynthia Rukundo

July 27, 2019 |

Things That Work Uganda |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Bidibidi

Menstrual hygiene can be a challenge especially in Bidibidi, one of the largest refugee settlements in the world. However, with the help of Catholic Relief Service (CARITAS), women are now being trained in how to make reusable sanitary napkins. Many women have received a sewing machine and can now sell their handmade pads to neighbors, thus providing both an income and a hygienic (and eco-friendly) solution.

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Program Could Offer Possible Solution to Trash on Skid Row

JD Carrere

June 17, 2019 |

Spectrum News 1 SoCal |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Van Nuys, California

In Southern California, trash often litters the streets in many of the areas where homelessness is abundant, but one homeless man in Van Nuys decided to change that. Launching an initiative known as Clean Streets Clean Starts, Don Larson enlists his fellow homeless community members in keeping the streets clean, and in turn, many local businesses donate gift cards to the cause.

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Kids In America Are Missing School Because They Can't Afford Toothpaste And Tampons

Liza Ramrayka

May 09, 2019 |

The Huffington Post |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Maynardville, Tennessee

A lack of access to basic personal hygiene necessities will hinder anyone's everyday life, but it especially impacts children that have to attend school where they are often bullied because of it. To provide these children with a better educational environment, teachers are implementing "hygiene closets" that are stocked with items such as soap, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and tampons.

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Tiny Branson has plenty of water. But like other small rural delivery systems in Colorado, it must find a way to meet new state standards.

Kevin Simpson

May 06, 2019 |

The Colorado Sun |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Branson, Colorado

Innovation is the key to resilience. In Branson, Colorado, the community of only 55 residents and with volunteer town council has taken on the massive task of bringing its water system up to compliance with the Colorado Department of Health. Because the state and federal government did not have the specific resources to assist Branson, the community turned to a locally developed, innovative water filtration system and an unorthodox funding campaign to pay for it.

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The Town That Extended ‘Smart Growth' to Its Water

Jason Plautz

April 30, 2019 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Westminster, Colorado

Haunted by a 1962 drought in the town of Westminster, Colorado, the city's planners now incorporate water data in their planning processes to ensure that they never face the same sourcing issues again. By breaking down the silos between its water management and planning departments, the town has figured out how to manage its finite water resources, even in the face of a ballooning population. Now, other towns are following suit.

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This truck is making sure the homeless have clean clothes

Kumasi Aaron

April 24, 2019 |

KMGH-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Backed by $160,000 in philanthropic donations, two laundry trucks frequent 7-8 locations in Denver, Colorado to offer laundry services for people experiencing homelessness or extreme poverty. Clean clothes are vital to an individual's confidence and dignity, and can enable people to keep appointments, go to job interviews, or to just fight the stigma of homelessness. These trucks are part of a larger movement across the US to offer these mobile laundry services to those who need it most.

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Is there a beautiful, briny solution to the world's clean water crisis?

Fiona Harvey

April 10, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

As demand soars and climate change routinely throws cities into shortage crises, the availability of clean water is one of the most pressing challenges of the present and near future. Desalination has long been lambasted for being too expensive and polluting, but a new solar-powered prototype is putting forth a more sustainable, small-scale solution. Solar collectors boil water and then condense it separately from the brine and dirt so that it is drinkable.

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