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Nancy Ngai

"Before, all of this used to be a dump. If there was sewage and potable water, it would be all right," Araceli Silva said. Her sons drilled and installed a well in the backyard of her home in Wall Lane, near Yuma.
Oct 3, 2017

Colonias on the border struggle with decades-old water issues

All along the U.S.-Mexico border, about 840,000 mostly low-income, immigrant Latinos have settled in colonias – cheap plots of land outside city limits without basic infrastructure such as water and sewage systems, electricity and paved roads.

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