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What is dengue?
Mosquito-borne tropical disease that include muscles and joint pains, headache and a characteristic skin rash, similar to measles.
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What is the civil society?
It is the conjunction of different organizations that have different purposes, this is an actor that is a big part of the social aspect of governance. It relates different organizations and brings them to a common goal, fights for what people need.
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What is filtration?
It is the physical process of tuning the quality of water and where most of the suspended particles are eliminated
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What is sustainable development?
It is development that meets the needs of society into the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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What is water?
It is the most important resource for life in society, and this resource affects the socio-economic development of a population.
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What is salmonella?
Infectious disease with symptoms that include diarrhea, vomit, general soreness, headache, nausea, and fever, among others.
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What water-related problems do poor people have?
They are the worst affected, representing 50% of the population in developing countries because they are the most exposed to polluted water.
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What are the characteristics of an indicator?
The characteristics are transparent, verifiable, measurable, or scientifically consistent
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What is an ethical dilemma?
A complicated situation where different alternatives intertwine in a moral conflict in order to make a decision.
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What is the non-consumptive use of water?
Process in which there is no water loss, meaning that the water entering the process is almost the same as the one that exits.
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What are diahrroeal diseases?
The main type of diseases due to the scarcity of water and to the lack of proper sanitation and hygiene in the world.
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What is water privatization?
Term that refers to the control or maintenance of water systems and water resources by private entities.
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What is a biofilter?
Water treatment process that has various stages of filtering, one of which includes a biological element that can be represented by earth worms.
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What is the participation principle
Principle that establishes the importance of the different interests of all groups, especially the poor and under-represented groups, should be taken into account can be fully represented.
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What are plastic water bottles?
México is one of the first polluters. They are thrown away everywhere and pose a serious problem to the natural environments.
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What is diarrhea?
Bacterial caused disease that presents symptoms like distended abdomen, abdominal pain, vomit, frequent evacuations, fever, etc.
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What are Community Water Boards?
It is one governance model that encourages communities to take action so they can find a solution to their water situation and the acronym is CWB.
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What is flocculation?
Phase of the water purification process in which chemical substances are added to agglutinate colloidal substances to facilitate their decantation and filtration.
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What is the transaction principle?
This principle means that the saved and surplus water from the allocated amount can be traded as a commodity.
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What are the rural areas?
Sector in México that achieved an increase from 50% to 74% in water access.
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What is cholera?
Very infectious disease that has caused numerous deaths and has symptoms like abundant diarrhea, cramps and dehydration.
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In the water context, what is empowerment?
A practice to facilitate participation and taking the leadership or influencial role by underrepresentatives stakeholders in planning and management of water resources.
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What are some water saving methods?
Dry toilets, water storages, humidity traps are examples of these methods.
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What is the "polluter pays" principle?
Ethics principle that supports the mitigation of environmental damages to prevent future contamination by setting up a fee.
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For what is 1 km an acceptable distance, according to UN water dispositions?
Maximum distance for water accessibility, from the living facilities to the supply point.
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