Thursday, July 5, 2012

Zimbabwe: As piped water dries up, city dwellers turn to carrying water

AlertNet: Samukeliso Tshuma, a 33-year old mother of four, lives in one of Bulaway's teeming high density urban townships, but these days gets her water the same way rural dwellers do -- from a borehole well. This is "something I never imagined I would be doing,' said Tshuma, who formerly relied on city-provided piped water. Spare rainfall has hit water levels at dams supplying Zimbabwe's second largest city with piped water, raising fears among municipal offers that supplies may soon run out, and leading...

URL: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/as-piped-water-dries-up-city-dwellers-turn-to-carrying-water
Enclosure: http://www.trust.org/contentAsset/resize-image/8349cc55-fe0c-47a1-b7bd-50492d0748bf/photowide/?w=460&h=318&vn=201207051328

No comments:

Post a Comment