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Mexico City is running out of water
by MexicoReporter | October 17, 2007 at 10:11 am
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This report by World Vision looks at the deepening water crisis in Mexico City - compelling stuff.
With 18 million residents, Mexico City is running out of water. In the poor suburbs, the water crisis already has arrived. Reporter Conrad Fox takes us through a neighborhood where rusty pipes and do-it-yourself plumbing sporadically deliver water that must be filtered through a rag and boiled before you can drink it. The government says it will take 80 years to replace everything.
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at 16:47 on October 17th, 2007
MexicoReporter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 05:17 on October 19th, 2007
MexicoReporter, water is vital for human beings but its mismanagement can have horrendous consequences. Your story reminds us that a city built on a lake, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Mexico city, is torn between Good stuff