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"Uncontaminated" basically means "not dirty".

"not dirty" is pretty much the same as "clean", and clean water won't give you any diseases.

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Yes. you can die from drinking unsafe water. You can get cholera, which can kill you within hours or hepatitis A or typhoid fever or bacillary or amoebic dysentery. All of them can be deadly.

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You can get cholera, typhoid, hepatitis A, bacillary and amoebic dysentery, various types of worm infestations by drinking the dirty water.

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Oh yes, several.

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