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Grades 9-12

The Safe Water Challenge: Maintaining Clean Sources in Sub-Saharan Africa

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SUBJECTS: Science, Social Studies

TOPICS: Public Health, United Nations, Water Use

Resource Overview

Water resources case study reading: Charitable programs building water wells in Sub-Saharan Africa have learned that providing sustainable water sources involves more than just drilling wells.

Two men pumping water from a well in India.

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This reading must be purchased as part of a lesson packet or as part of a full curriculum that is available in our store.

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