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Assignment Discovery Shorts: Using sewage for irrigation
Some small towns in the Middle East need to dispose yet use their sewage for irrigation. The town of Ashdod, have figured out a way how, by letting the plants filter the sewage water.
Added: Jul 25, 2011
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