In March, the United Nations (UN) released the 2020 edition of its annual World Water Development report, with a special focus on climate change. The report advises a combination of climate change mitigation and adaptation measures, covering such practical considerations as agriculture, finance, and disaster risk reduction. Of particular interest to water professionals, the report […]
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Washington inmates bring drinking water to Ethiopian prisons through one-of-a-kind program
June 17, 2019
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![Washington inmates bring drinking water to Ethiopian prisons through one-of-a-kind program Former California plumbing contractor Andy Pierce (right) is the founder of Project 41, an initiative that enlists Washington-state prison inmates to build water filters for use in water-scarce parts of Africa. Photo courtesy of Project 41.](https://news.wef.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/HL-andy-pierce-june19-75x75.png)
This story begins with a bicycle-powered swimming pool pump in Haiti and ends with 400 inmates in Washington building water filtration systems for Ethiopian prisons. Many dots must be connected to get from one to the other, and they all pass through a California plumbing contractor named Andy Pierce. From aid worker to entrepreneur Pierce’s […]
June 9, 2020
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