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I’m Eileen Wray-McCann for Circle of Blue, and this is “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water, made possible by support from people like you.
In the Caribbean, residents of St. Vincent are struggling to find clean water after volcanic eruptions on the island earlier this month. The Associated Press reports that ash from La Soufriere volcano has clogged and contaminated drinking water reservoirs. And so the island’s water and sewer services are significantly reduced. As an emergency measure, some St. Vincent residents are queuing to fill jugs from roadside natural springs and waiting on tanker trucks. The Caribbean volcano last erupted in 1979, and scientists say it could be active for months. Some 20,000 people have been evacuated from the area around the volcano.