The Airmen have been working 10 to 12 hours a day treating the water by running the water from the lens wells to their reverse osmosis water purification unit to the water bladders and back through the reverse osmosis water purification unit in which they use sodium hex as a polymer that combines all chemicals in the water into one piece which is caught in the filters. This clears the water of harmful chemicals.
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Statistics don’t lie. Ninety percent of all water in Afghanistan is contaminated. The leading cause of death for Afghan children less than 5 years of age is diarrhea, often called “wasting away disease,” which can be linked directly to contaminated water.
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