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To: Wayners who wrote (46710)	8/15/2012 11:49:05 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 71477

Water already seems to be an issue in China upi.com I've been reading the hot spell in the USA has caused a lot of rural wells to dry up.

To: Wayners who wrote (46710)	8/15/2012 3:37:13 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71477

Neither typhus nor diphtheria is spread by polluted water. Perhaps you are thinking of typhoid and cholera. Typhus is spread by lice and diphtheria by physical contact or sneezing.

To: Wayners who wrote (46710)	8/15/2012 7:09:46 PM
From: maceng2	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71477

Hopefully the clean water lesson will not be forgotten easily. In the UK it was learned the hard way, but successfully. The London water was so bad the "Great Stink" of 1856 made even the politicians lives unbearable. The key to fixing many problems lies right there of course -g- The engineer appointed to clean up the mess was Bazalgette. He was so capable, is designs even coped with the 1960's introduction of the tower block. en.wikipedia.org