More water issues: 1.5 million affected

[NewsWhore]

A report circulating in Santo Domingo reveals the fact that 1.5 million Dominicans do not have good drinking water, and 400,000 do not have modern sanitation facilities. In order to remedy this deficiency by the year 2015, the country will have to spend US$3.2 billion. The report was prepared by the Ministry of the Environment, the United Nations and the German Cooperation Office (GTZ). The report gets even more serious when it states that 70% of the urban population ends up putting used water into the ground. The report, called "Dominican Republic, Millennium Development Goal #7", also points out the problems associated with the lack of water in the large population centers that surround the country's main cities. The provinces with the highest levels of deficient water supplies are: Barahona, Bahoruco, Independencia, Pedernales, Elias Pina, San Juan de la Maguana, Dajabon, Monte Cristi and Santiago Rodriguez.

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