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| Our home planet is a watery, blue one. | _Our home planet is a watery, blue one._ |
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| The bed of a stream seen through crystal clear water; clean water is essential for life. (Source: [FH Wetland Systems](http://www.wetlandsystems.ie)) | _The bed of a stream seen through crystal clear water; clean water is essential for life. (Source: [FH Wetland Systems](http://www.wetlandsystems.ie))_ |
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| Wetlands and woodlands filter and store water within our river catchments. We need these areas to protect against flooding and droughts. (Source: [FH Wetland Systems](http://www.wetlandsystems.ie)) | _Wetlands and woodlands filter and store water within our river catchments. We need these areas to protect against flooding and droughts. (Source: [FH Wetland Systems](http://www.wetlandsystems.ie))_ |
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| Example of a small rain garden / SUDS system.(source: [Susdrain](http://www.susdrain.org)) | _Example of a small rain garden / SUDS system.(source: [Susdrain](http://www.susdrain.org))_ |
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| Diversification of water supply sources. (Source: [FH Wetland Systems](http://www.wetlandsystems.ie)) | _Diversification of water supply sources. (Source: [FH Wetland Systems](http://www.wetlandsystems.ie))_ |
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| Basic diagram of a biosand filter. | _Basic diagram of a biosand filter._ |
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| Water sources that don’t need electricity to pump: hand-drawn groundwater abstraction; gravity-fed or hand-drawn surface water abstraction; rain. | _Water sources that don’t need electricity to pump: hand-drawn groundwater abstraction; gravity-fed or hand-drawn surface water abstraction; rain._ |
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| Two types of pump that don’t need electricity: [wind pump](/wipm/wind_pumps) and [hydraulic ram pump](/hram/hydraulic_ram_pumps). | _Two types of pump that don’t need electricity: [wind pump](/wipm/wind_pumps) and [hydraulic ram pump](/hram/hydraulic_ram_pumps)._ |
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| ## Further resources | ## Further resources |
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| | - [ADSM](https://www.adsm.com/) - helping organisations save water |
| | - [Water Footprint Network](https://www.waterfootprint.org/) - fair & smart use of the world's fresh water |
| | - [The Rivers Trust](https://theriverstrust.org/) - working for wild, healthy, natural rivers |
| | - [The Hydrological Cycle](https://treeyopermacultureedu.com/chapter-7-water/hydrological-cycle-half-and-full/) |
| | - [Foundation for Water Research](https://fwr.org/) - developing science-based solutions to water challenges |
| | - [CAWST](https://www.biosandfilters.info/) - biosand filters knowledge base |
| | - [the Story of Stuff](https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-bottled-water/) - showing how bad bottled water is |
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