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I used to be a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in El Salvador (98-00, successful service plus extension). Had no running water. Water if it "ran" was from a pump fed tank that was opened for a bit over an hour daily, which as a result of gravity was sufficient to fill up concrete reservoirs village residents had near their homes, like a giant sink underneath a tap. You were expected to carry your own water from the giant concrete tub / sink in the center of the cluster of homes, back to your own dwelling / hut. I also would use a water filter on my water (it wasn't purified in any way).

Not chlorinated though. That was a project which eventually happened (chlorination math, equipment, training). I was a Water and Sanitation volunteer.

Not having running water is normal if you live somewhere remote where you work in a health field, I guess. It is just something to work on improving.

Most people had no latrines of any kind and after a year of surveys of asking people what they might want to work on or develop as a health objective, latrines seemed to come up a lot. So the Health Ministry there and I and the local village ADESCOs (basically like town councils but at village level) worked with people for some time on composting latrine projects for which the community was over 60 percent financially responsible as I recall. It was a good project because in the end it meant people's waste was not contaminating the community well.

All good things take time.

Hello, Mr. Greenwald. I really appreciate your role as a journalist in the leaks, but I am sort of holding out hope that there will be more emphasis in a future story (or stories?) of yours on what people can do short of waiting for a lawsuit to end some of this surveillance, for example, how people can be selective in their use of service(s) or software to pick out that which operates based on a 'Zero Knowledge' system similar to SpiderOak, and some discussion of how ordinary people can implement, support, and demand perfect forward security. These are things anyone can do (or at least, demand be present in their services or software) but we don't see it happening. Would you please comment on this, for the benefit of the readers? Here are some links for reference...

perfect_forward_secrecy_overview

perfect_forward_secrecy_implementation

zero_knowledge_what_is_it

Are you able to do that thing that some dolphins do, where they leap out of the water and touch something with their nose or fly through a hoop before descending back into the water from whence ye came?

Is it possible for you to redditpost about mermaid life while underwater being a mermaid? Asking for a friend.

Hahaha!!! I am so sorry I missed this IAmA but it is great to read the comments. Thank you Donnie!