World Water Crisis

World Water Crisis book Blue Planet Run safe drinking water to the one billion people who lack it
Ed Kashi / Aurora

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The waters of the Niger River Delta are used for defecating, bathing, fishing and garbage. Despite the fact that oil companies have removed more than $400 billion of wealth out of the wetland, local residents have little to show for it.

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