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		dotemacs on Feb 4, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Indian School Girl Creates Washing Machine That Ru... Anybody else notice that the water from the washing machine is being discharged, untreated, into the stream near by?

kbutler on Feb 4, 2014 [–]

I expect that where only 14% of the rural population of India has access to a latrine (http://water.org/country/india/), washing machine effluent is not a significant concern.

curiouscats on Feb 4, 2014 | [–]

And how do you think it was without the machine? Often it is doing the cleaning in the stream, beating the cloths on rocks.

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