Posted on Mar 24, 2021
Navajo Nation improves residents’ access to clean drinking water | Civil Engineering Source
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In 2020, the IHS and the Navajo Engineering & Construction Authority built 59 new transitional watering points — small hydrants coming out of the ground that are connected to piped water systems and that can fill portable water storage containers for the up to 37,000 people who live in homes with no piped water. (These joined the 48 existing transitional water points in the Navajo Nation; all these access points will be managed by the Tribal Utility Authority.) Water disinfection tablets are also available for use in 5 gal. water-hauling containers, where the disinfection levels in the regulated water sources are not sufficient to maintain the necessary level of chlorine residual over time to protect against biological contaminants in a stored water container
In 2020, the IHS and the Navajo Engineering & Construction Authority built 59 new transitional watering points — small hydrants coming out of the ground that are connected to piped water systems and that can fill portable water storage containers for the up to 37,000 people who live in homes with no piped water. (These joined the 48 existing transitional water points in the Navajo Nation; all these access points will be managed by the Tribal Utility Authority.) Water disinfection tablets are also available for use in 5 gal. water-hauling containers, where the disinfection levels in the regulated water sources are not sufficient to maintain the necessary level of chlorine residual over time to protect against biological contaminants in a stored water container
Navajo Nation improves residents’ access to clean drinking water | Civil Engineering Source
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One of my sister-in-laws has been waiting over 20 years to get water to her house. Her house was built in 1998. She got electricity in 2016. Still waiting for water.
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Unbelievable in this day and age people are allowed to build without what we consider basic human needs, then I need to make myself remember that sometimes this is what the person wants and there's nothing wrong with that.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
SFC (Join to see) - You should have seen what she was living in before. The tribal government built the home for her as it does for many in the nation.
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I have a professional friend that is Navajo. We usually teach a week long class every year. Last year got cancelled because of the virus, we exchanged a few emails to tell me his family was OK when the virus was hitting them pretty hard last year. I noticed over the years some parts of his life back home he won't discuss. He will speak when he is ready.
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