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PostJanuary 15, 2020

A simple yet high-tech solution to drinking water pollution in India

Professor Anand Plappally, a former postdoc with John Lienhard's research group at MIT, is working on low-cost solutions for polluted drinking water.

Read more about his work here.

by Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS)
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Food, Water & Agriculture
Waste

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