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Only 13% of residents are connected to the power grid and 30% have running water in the city of Dakar in Africa. Clean water seems to be the largest concern for people living here and they are trying to find a solution to getting access to it. A poll was taken to see how concerned people are about water and the results were, “the poll found that people value water
access above all else, including transport, waste collection and income-generating activities. On a 1 to 10 scale, with 10 being “very important”, asking the government for more household water connections was ranked 9.7.” The concern seems to be larger than originally expected.
The amount of people that don’t have access to power and water is truly alarming. Clean water should be accessible to everyone. Considering that water in a necessity, it is crucial that there is a solution brought to this problem. Although plumbing and irrigation systems may be complicated, it is definitely a priority to get people the resources they need.