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Teenage Water Wiz

  • December 13, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

As a child visiting India, Deepika Kurup often saw people drinking dirty water. At age 14, she designed a solar-powered water purification system that won awards and a visit to the White House. A math and science fan, the New Hampshire teen hopes to pursue medicine and study the human brain.

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