(Source: Montana State University) Alexa Azure has always been interested in water. An enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota, she remembers one spring when the water tasted gritty and another time when Standing Rock completely ran out of water. She doesn't drink the water from her home faucet. Instead, she uses her own reverse osmosis water filter system. "My whole life I've been interested in water," Azure said. "It's a basic resource that's essential for all life on the planet." Azure's interest in water, as well as her experience teaching pre-engineering classes at a tribal college in an area that she says is sensitive to water issues due to...
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