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Nature and EnvironmentUnited States of America

California’s water from the toilet to the tap

April 21, 2023

A survivor of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima has become an advocate for peace. Recycled water should help ease California’s drought, and the ultra-green Danish island of Bornholm.

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