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The Story of Rural Health

A report outlines the lack of access to safe water in rural and poor communities.

Date: 2019

The Story of Rural Health
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Examples include majority-Latinx communities near the U.S.-Mexico border who have to pay to haul water, communities in Appalachia where people wait for rain from their gutters so that they can shower, and Navajo communities whose daily water use is 2 to 3 gallons per day due to a lack of access, while the average American uses 88 gallons per day.