Small, local solutions can crack water crises: a South African case study

People in the HaMakuya community go without potable water for months. Melissa McHale</span>World attention has recently been focused on the water crisis facing the South African city of Cape Town, a metropolis of four million people. There is obviously deep sympathy with the plight of the residents. But the drama draws attention away from an even more concerning set of issues. The main one is that many people in rural southern Africa live without any potable water at all. And many are at serious risk because of global climate change.
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