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South Asia’s Troubled Waters
Reports from Ethiopia
Reports from India
Pulitzer reports from the 2009 World Water Forum
Introduction to the issues
Audio Slideshow: Kibera, Not a Drop to Drink 
Article: Off the Record, World Water Crisis
Video: Water Wars 
Article: Drought Spurs Resource Wars
Radio: Water Walker
Article: A treacherous trek to the edge of the crater
Article/Radio: Haramaya: The Disappearing Lake
Video: Troubled Waters 
Article: UV rays to the rescue
Kenya: What water means to me (Olympic students) I was also surprised at Sophia’s daily wage. It seems that that wouldn’t be enough to support a family of 8. I come from big family too, and 75 cents wouldn’t even be close to enough. It also surprises me that someone thought to put a plastic bottle full of water in the sun.
Fadi Jilo and the other women in Dillo could be spending their time doing many things if they didn’t have to go get water. They could improve their homes, get a job, go to school (for the teens), and develop new talents.
Something that surprised me is that Sophia only makes 75 cents a day on average and in America 75 cents a day is unimaginable. In America a kid might get 75 cents for raking leaves. Another thing that surprised me was that these people have to leave their water out in the sun before they [...]
Fadi Jilo and the other women could be doing many other things if they did not have to go on daily water walks. They could go to school and get an education. By going to school they could get a better job that paid more money. The money could be used to buy more water. [...]
It’s obvious we won’t run out of water for a while. We can keep the water running for 15 minutes, and no one would really care, because we have so much!
Would it be possible to set up a sort of community water purifying plant based on Sodis? People would still have to get the water, but a larger amount could be purified.
If people put water bottles on their roofs to purify them don’t other people steal them? It would seem to me that a lot of rivalry would go on in the community, is there? Is there some way we can get the community to work together to get water so that there would [...]
I’m curious how exactly do the UV rays purify the water. How does the plastic containers help? Could there be a more effective way of cheap water purification?
Is Ksh50 (75 cents) an average amount of money earned in a day, a lot of money, or not much at all compared to other residents of Kibera. And how much would someone in the cities make each day compared to the people in Kibera?
If there are other water sources around this area, could some other groups step in and help make pipelines to carry the water from these places to Dillo? If there aren’t any other water sources nearby, could groups from other countries help build a small plant or way of filtering the water that is polluted [...]
