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Taking Measure

Just a Standard Blog

Christopher Stafford

a drop of water springing up from a pool

‘Day Zero’ Denied: Solving the Looming Water Crisis

June 12, 2018

“When the Well's dry, we know the Worth of Water.” —Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack In early 2018, Cape Town, South Africa, became the first major

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