Water: Big Cities Big Problems

What are we doing for cities and towns of 10,000 people. Or 20,000 people? Digging wells to give them water to drink isn’t enough. These are growing cities. If we are to help them grow out of poverty we have to do more.

It is not feasible to dig wells and say it is good enough for these people. A town called Mao, in Chad, has roughly 20,000 people. For clean water they have to still walk to a water tower to collect it. Can you imagine living in a town with 20,000 people and having to walk to a water tower just to get water?There are other options. Better solutions for this problem. While the options will not be easy or cheap solutions they provide the best hope to people all over the world.

Piping water into homes, bringing it closer to where they need it so they can focus on education and being productive citizens. That is what is needed. No more having to walk and fill a jug for clean water. No more wells to walk to in the town center. Just clean drinking water where you want it, when you want it.

We must be mindful of the water crisis that we are under. Clean water is a finite source, one that must be carefully measured and watched. Sometimes an aquifer or water source is not large enough to supply a town with water. There are many places like this all over the world. Dams wont always be the best solution. We must find new ways to do this.

Much like L.A. is not self-sustaining with their water supply, neither are most places in the middle of a desert in Africa. We can find a solution, we must find one, but first thing is first and we must start giving these towns the water they need in a clean, safe, cheap, sustainable way.