Future of the Environment

These African communities are taking control of their own water supplies

Internally displaced Somali women gather with their jerrycans to receive water at a distribution centre organized by a Qatar charity after fleeing from drought stricken regions in Baidoa, west of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, April 9, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC13B6EDF770

Community based water supply models have been common in rural areas for some time. Image: REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Ellis Adjei Adams
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