My good friend Sharon recently moved to Dodoma, TZ with the Peace Corps. Stationed near the medical school in the capital city, Sharon has experienced first hand the challenges of water scarcity.
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In a recent email she shared:
​"David, your words about water have been very true.   The city I am in has a good water table underneath but getting it to the surface can be a major issue.   I visited one classroom where half the older kids were out — all carrying water because the motor to the well had gone.    Several mornings here in town there is no water, we keep big covered buckets in our rooms in case    I have learned to take a bucket bath with a 1/4 of the bucket, clean some clothes in it, then use the rest to be sure the toilet flushes."

A third of tribe members lack clean water while cities thrive on rivers running through reservations. New deals are enabling them to take some of what's theirs.
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Recycled wastewater is increasingly touted as part of the solution to California’s water woes, particularly for agricultural use, as the state’s historic drought continues. The cost of treating wastewater to meet state health standards for reuse and to reduce salt levels that damage crops presents a new set of challenges, however.
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