Thomson Reuters Foundation: In parched southern Africa, coronavirus spurs action on water supply

Across drought-hit southern Africa, COVID-19 has spurred governments to dispatch water tankers, drill boreholes and repair taps - solutions experts and residents of thirsty slums and villages say must last long after the pandemic has passed.

“Water tankers are good for emergencies, but one of the most expensive water solutions out there,” said Barbara van Koppen, a southern Africa researcher with the International Water Management Institute, a non-profit research organisation.

“We need to use the coronavirus crisis to question: what are short-term solutions and what are long-term?” she said in a phone interview.

 

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