'Water is life': Covid-19 exposes chronic crisis in Navajo NationMembers of the Larson family who have no running water in their home, collect water from a distribution point in the Navajo Nation town of Thoreau. - Two million Americans without water -"Water is life," say the Navajo, who prefer to call themselves "Dine" and their land "Dinetah." She says she'll use the water to wash bottles and feed formula milk to her baby Xavier, born last week. Given the tough terrain, the IHS places the current cost of outstanding sanitation projects on the Navajo reservation at US$520 million. "The main issue in the Navajo Nation is running water, and they need to address that right away," she said.

Source: Bangkok Post May 29, 2020 02:47 UTC