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WaterAid | Finding alternative sources

Residents of Asine village used to collect drinking water from Lake Basina, where the water posed a serious health risk.

The water is saline, with a high fluoride content which can cause defects in bones and teeth. Bilharzia larvae, which live in the lake's stagnant shores, burrow through people's skin damaging their pelvic organs, the lungs and nervous system.

To overcome this problem, WaterAid's partner WEDA sunk a borehole and the community now benefits from a clean water supply. Diseases have dramatically reduced and women no longer need to spend hours walking three kilometres to the lake to fetch contaminated water.

(c) WaterAid 2008