Smart hand pumps promise cleaner water in Africa
by Matt McGrath, Science reporter

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8 June 2012

On 8 June 2012 BBC News reported: Rural communities across Africa may soon benefit from improved water supplies thanks to mobile phone technology. Hundreds of millions of people across rural Africa depend on hand pumps for their water supplies. But it is estimated that around one third are broken at any given moment. Often located in remote areas, repairs can sometimes take up to a month. But one of the big changes in Africa in recent years has been the expansion of mobile phone networks. It is now estimated that more people in Sub-Saharan Africa have access to these networks than have access to improved water supplies. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of health, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

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