Clean Water In South America

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One of the most pressin issues in Centrl America, South America and the Caribbean's is the shortage of fresh or clean water. I think that this is the most pressing matter because water is an important factor in most things. We or they need water to drink, to water plants or for more simple things like certain recipes that call for water. This is also an issue because if people resort to drinking not clean water, that could harm them. Salt water can dehydrate you and kill you. Drity water could have gross diseases and such in them and really mess with your insides. there are a few things or steps that can be taken to help this issue. Something simple that can be done is evaporization. This may not be verry efficient in the case that a whole

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