THE WATER CRISES,WHAT IS BEING DONE

South Africa: " Durban;s poor Gte water services long denied' announces a headline in science magazine. The article reports that poor people living therenhave not had and adequate supply of water for degades as a result of the now defunck apartheid policy of previous governments.
In 1994, the article says," a quater of a million households in durban area had no access to clean water or sanitation.
To remedy the situation, in 1996 an engineer intituted program that will supply some 200 liters of water daily to each household. The result?? " All 120,000 of Durbans 3.5 Millions household have access to clean water, "science report".
Now, at the very least, the water is just a short walk away- a vast improvement over bygone days. These suit with the saying that goes " Where there is no water, there is no life.... we live by the grace of water.

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