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Co-engineers share designs on clean water
03-05-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)An MIT engineer working toward clean drinking water in Nepal describes in a recent issue of the Journal of International Development how people from developed and developing countries can work together to solve key humanitarian problems.
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