How to Deal With Urban Water Scarcity
Cities everywhere face the same challenge. How do they deal with greater demand due to growing populations while the underground water supply is being depleted?
Photo: Jessica Hatcher/IRIN
A man loads water collected from Lake Kivu onto his bicycle for sale in the city of Goma.
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