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• An estimated 2.3 billion people around the world lack access to basic sanitation, which has major public health consequences for both urban and rural communities. Engineers are answering the call for clean water and sanitation technology.

• How can donors and philanthropist support new technologies like this? How can we gain more attention on the importance of clean water?

• Learn how funders can make an impact toward clean water.

Poop can now be transformed into clean water in four seconds thanks to a new invention, the Chronicle reports.

Researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering are introducing a reactor that could revolutionize how waste is handled around the world.

The team has been working to perfect the technology since 2013, as part of the Reinventing the Toilet challenge sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which aims to encourage invention in water and sanitation.

The reactor works by putting organic waste under high heat and pressure, and then converts it to clean water almost instantly.

A single unit is designed to treat waste from up to 1,000 people.

Read the full article on new clean water technology by Sophie Maes at Global Citizen