You Probably Don't Want To Know About Haiti's Sewage Problems
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press article , audio Aug 2017 ; Duration: 5 min.
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Rebecca Hersher
Ed. NPR - Washington
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Abstract:
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is one of the largest cities in the world without a central sewage system. There are no sewers connecting wastewater from sinks, showers, and toilets to treatment plants, and much of that waste ends up in canals and other dumping grounds where it can contaminate drinking water and spread disease.
People dump trash and raw sewage into canals that run through Port-au-Prince, Haiti. When it rains, the canals overflow and flood poor neighborhoods.
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sanitation (CI) (DT) (ET) , sludge (CI) (DT) (ET) , sludge treatment (CI) (DT) (ET) , urban (CI) (DT) (ET) , wastewater (CI) (DT) (ET) |
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National Public Radio - Washington - Usa |
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