According to a bulletin issued by the American "Water Alliance": in the United States, for every 1,000 Indigenous households, at least 58 households are "without water availability", and as for the reason, the main reason is that these households do not have water supply pipelines installed at all.
After this announcement came out, many people were surprised, after all, as a developed country in the United States, many people believe that Americans live a very rich life, and that their living standards are very large compared with developing countries and poor countries.
The more than 2 million Indigenous people in the United States are "no water available", how can this be?
It is reported that in the United States, at least 2 million indigenous people have been in the situation of "no water available" for a long time, in order to obtain water for daily life, these indigenous people can only go to the public water supply station to get water, and because the number of public water supply stations in the United States is not much, so every water-scarce indigenous family needs to drive tens of kilometers to get some water.
And it's still a case where there are long queues, and they're going to have to pay a lot of money, for example, because the water station is too far away, and in order to bring back some more water at once, they need to buy a truck and buy a lot of water storage equipment, which also overwhelms many indigenous families.
Perhaps some friends will feel that even if they buy a car, storage equipment, etc. to get water, perhaps for these indigenous people, it is still more cost-effective than using tap water, otherwise, why don't they directly install water supply pipelines?
Unfortunately, this idea is wrong, from the data, these "no water available" indigenous families, the annual cost of water withdrawal, is 67 times that of those who install water supply pipes, can directly access water, and it is not that these indigenous families do not want to install water supply pipes, but no one installs them at all.
So, what is "Native American"? In short, it is the native Indians of the United States, who are actually the real masters of the American continent, but although they later became American citizens, the living conditions of many indigenous people are very different from those of normal Americans.
In terms of distribution, these natives of the United States mainly live in the southwest, where there is a "semi-autonomous" Indian reservation, which is also one of the most serious water problems in the United States.
In recent years, although because of the help of public welfare organizations and the collective voice of indigenous peoples, the relevant departments in the United States have funded to improve the situation that these indigenous people are "no water available", for example, in some places, it has changed from the past by the indigenous people to fetch water by themselves to the regular delivery of water for them, and even in some places, water supply pipelines have been installed for them, but there are still many indigenous people whose water problems have not been improved.
In addition, many places where indigenous people gather, because of the long-term exploitation of mineral resources, has also led to serious local water pollution problems, which also leads to the fact that even if there is running water, the water quality is still not up to standard.
In addition, in fact, in addition to these "waterless" Natives, there are many Americans who are facing the same situation, according to reports, this situation is mainly concentrated in the "water pollution" aspect of the United States.
The problem of "water pollution" in the United States is serious, what is the problem?
As early as April this year, in fact, the United States broke out the "tap water scandal", at that time, many foreign media were reporting such a thing: on average, one in every 4 Americans faced the safety of drinking tap water.
According to reports at the time, such a situation did not occur in a single place in the United States, but throughout the United States, of which the most serious problems were washington, Texas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other regions of the United States, especially in the community where African Americans gathered, such a "water pollution" problem is also more serious.
From the data point of view, the reason why the water pollution problem in the United States is more serious is because the water supply pipelines used by many families in the United States are aging lead pipes, because large-scale replacement is a large cost, so the water supply pipelines that should have been replaced long ago have not been replaced, resulting in water pollution problems in many places.
For example, in December last year, many residents of the US state of Hawaii suffered from strange diseases, and then through investigation, it was found that the tap water in the homes of many local residents had become "oil water", and this was related to the leakage of fuel storage depots at a local US military base.
There are many similar situations, so it also makes many Americans hope that the worrying "water problem" can be solved as soon as possible, after all, water is the source of life, if it has problems, what is reassuring? Friends, what do you think about this?