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  2. Portland Loo - Wikipedia

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    It was placed into service in September 2017. The Portland Loo is a type of single-occupancy public toilet designed by the city of Portland, Oregon. [1] It is manufactured, sold, and marketed by the Portland-based manufacturer Madden Fabrication under license from the city, [2][3] for $96,000 each. [4]

  3. Why Public Bathrooms Are So Rare in America - AOL

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    The incident prompted Starbucks to take on a role as America's de facto public toilets, as it changed its policy to allow people to use the restrooms at its more than 15,000 U.S. locations without ...

  4. Public toilet - Wikipedia

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    In the US, an infamous case was the murder of a 9-year-old boy in 1998 in a San Diego county public toilet. [107] Increasing public toilet provision can help to protect women from violent attacks. [108] Research studies have found increased risk of women and girls being raped where there is limited or no access to safe toilets at night. [109 ...

  5. San Diego County Water Authority - Wikipedia

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    The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) is a wholesale supplier of water to the roughly western third of San Diego County, California. The Water Authority was formed in 1944 by the California State Legislature. SDCWA serves 24 member agencies with 36 Board of Director members. [ 1 ] In addition to local water sources, water is imported ...

  6. Are there health risks to using public toilets? Here’s what ...

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    In short, the best thing you can do to avoid germs in public bathroom is to minimize your contact with high-touch areas such as flush handles, toilet seats and faucet taps (or at least avoid ...

  7. Water reuse in California - Wikipedia

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    In 1965, San Diego County created man-made lakes using treated sewage for recreational activities, including swimming and fishing. In 1976, with their groundwater contaminated by saltwater intrusion , Orange County opened Water Factory 21, where they used reverse osmosis to treat wastewater, and then inject it into the ground to be used as a ...

  8. Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Wikipedia

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    Website. salk.edu. The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is a scientific research institute in the La Jolla community of San Diego, California. [ 1 ] The independent, non-profit institute was founded in 1960 by Jonas Salk, the developer of the polio vaccine; among the founding consultants were Jacob Bronowski and Francis Crick.

  9. San Diego County, California - Wikipedia

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    San Diego County (/ ˌ s æ n d i ˈ eɪ ɡ oʊ / ⓘ), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of California.As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634; [7] it is the second-most populous county in California and the fifth-most populous in the United States.