Cheap and sanitary way to remove sludge

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RALEIGH -- If ever a machine to suck sludge could be called elegant, it is the one dreamed up by an N.C. State University student to solve one of the most ancient public health dilemmas in the Third World: finding an easy, cheap and sanitary way to remove sludge in cities that don't have modern sewer systems...
"It was one of those things that, once you see it, you say, why didn't someone think of that earlier?" Borden said. "When (Rogers) said he was simply going to stick a pipe over a posthole digger, I immediately thought, yeah, they could do that in India, they could do that in Africa."

First, though, they're going to do it in the Philippines.

Read more: N.C. State student wins grant to solve icky problem - Education - NewsObserver.com
N.C. State student wins grant to solve icky problem - Education - NewsObserver.com
 

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