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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, fills a water tank on the back of his GMC pickup truck to haul water from a well to his home and his livestock. Tsosie has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: MARIE CLY, a Navajo Indian living on the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona, pulls the hose out of barrels after filling 50 gallon barrels with potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post near Monument Valley, UT. The well at Goulding's was first dug by Seventh Day Adventists missionaries and is the only source of clean, free water for miles around. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: ORLANDO CLY and his wife, MARIE CLY, Navajo Indians living on the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona, fill 50 gallon barrels with potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post near Monument Valley, UT. The well at Goulding's was first dug by Seventh Day Adventists missionaries and is the only source of clean, free water for miles around. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: ORLANDO CLY, a Navajo Indian living on the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona, fills 50 gallon barrels with potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post near Monument Valley, UT. The well at Goulding's was first dug by Seventh Day Adventists missionaries and is the only source of clean, free water for miles around. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: ORLANDO CLY and his wife, MARIE CLY, Navajo Indians living on the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona, fill 50 gallon barrels with potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post near Monument Valley, UT. The well at Goulding's was first dug by Seventh Day Adventists missionaries and is the only source of clean, free water for miles around. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: AJ RYAN STANLEY, a Navajo Indian living on the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona, fills a 50 gallon water barrel with potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post in Monument Valley, UT. Stanley and his grandfather make daily trips to the well for potable water because they don't have a domestic water supply at their homestead. The well at Goulding's was first dug by Seventh Day Adventists missionaries  and is the only source of clean, free water for miles around. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: AJ RYAN STANLEY, a Navajo Indian living on the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona, fills a 50 gallon water barrel with potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post in Monument Valley, UT. Stanley and his grandfather make daily trips to the well for potable water because they don't have a domestic water supply at their homestead. The well at Goulding's was first dug by Seventh Day Adventists missionaries  and is the only source of clean, free water for miles around. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: DALE HOLLIDAY, left, and his grandson, AJ RYAN STANLEY, Navajo Indians living on the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona, fill a 50 gallon water barrel with potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post in Monument Valley, UT. Stanley and his grandfather make daily trips to the well for potable water because they don't have a domestic water supply at their homestead. The well at Goulding's was first dug by Seventh Day Adventists missionaries  and is the only source of clean, free water for miles around.  More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: DALE HOLLIDAY waits for his grandson to fill a 50 gallon barrel with potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post in Monument Valley. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: AJ RYAN STANLEY, a Navajo Indian living on the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona, fills a 50 gallon water barrel with potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post in Monument Valley, UT. Stanley and his grandfather make daily trips to the well for potable water because they don't have a domestic water supply at their homestead. The well at Goulding's was first dug by Seventh Day Adventists missionaries  and is the only source of clean, free water for miles around. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: AJ RYAN STANLEY, a Navajo Indian living on the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona, rinses out a 50 gallon water barrel before filling it with potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post in Monument Valley, UT. Stanley and his grandfather make daily trips to the well for potable water because they don't have a domestic water supply at their homestead. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: Water pipes ready to be installed on the Navajo Indian Reservation near Coyote Canyon. The project is a part of an effort by the tribe's government to bring potable water to the members of the Navajo Nation. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: KYLE GISHI, a member of a construction crew, installs water pipes on the Navajo Indian Reservation near Coyote Canyon. The project is a part of an effort by the tribe's government to bring potable water to the members of the Navajo Nation. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: Construction crews install water pipes on the Navajo Indian Reservation near Coyote Canyon. The project is a part of an effort by the tribe's government to bring potable water to the members of the Navajo Nation. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: ANNIE TSOSIE does the dishes with recycled water in her home near Coyote Canyon, NM. The Tsosies don't have running water and have to haul water from a well to their home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: ANNIE TSOSIE does the dishes with recycled water in her home near Coyote Canyon, NM. The Tsosies don't have running water and have to haul water from a well to their home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: ANNIE TSOSIE does the dishes with recycled water in her home near Coyote Canyon, NM. The Tsosies don't have running water and have to haul water from a well to their home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, release his sheep from their pens near his home. Tsosie's family is one of many on the Navajo reservation that doesn't have a reliable supply of potable water. He has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home and livestock. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, drives about 30 miles a day to haul water from a well to his home and his livestock. Tsosie has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, checks on the piping used in his home made irrigation system in Peach Springs Wash near Coyote Canyon. Tsosie has to haul water from his well to his home and livestock. He has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, checks on the piping used in his home made irrigation system in Peach Springs Wash near Coyote Canyon. Tsosie has to haul water from his well to his home and livestock. He has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, checks on the piping used in his home made irrigation system in Peach Springs Wash near Coyote Canyon. Tsosie has to haul water from his well to his home and livestock. He has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, releases water from his pickup truck into his home made irrigation system in Peach Springs Wash near Coyote Canyon. Tsosie has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, drives about 30 miles a day to haul water from a well to his home and his livestock. Tsosie has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, fills a water tank on the back of his GMC pickup truck to haul water from a well to his home and his livestock. Tsosie has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, fills a water tank on the back of his GMC pickup truck to haul water from a well to his home and his livestock. Tsosie has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, fills a water tank on the back of his GMC pickup truck to haul water from a well to his home and his livestock. Tsosie has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, fills a water tank on the back of his GMC pickup truck to haul water from a well to his home and his livestock. Tsosie has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, fills a water tank on the back of his GMC pickup truck to haul water from a well to his home and his livestock. Tsosie has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: MARK TSOSIE, 78 years old, a member of the Navajo Nation, fills a water tank on the back of his GMC pickup truck to haul water from a well to his home and his livestock. Tsosie has been hauling water all his life. He started working for the railroad when he was 14 years old. His job was to haul water to the workers. Now retired and he's still hauling water except now he hauls it to his home. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais and tourists get into water fights during Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: LARRY ATENE, Navajo Indians living on the Navajo Reservation in southern Utah, fills a 400 gallon tank with potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post near Monument Valley, UT. The well at Goulding's was first dug by Seventh Day Adventists missionaries and is the only source of clean, free water for miles around. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: LARRY ATENE, Navajo Indians living on the Navajo Reservation in southern Utah, fills a 400 gallon tank with potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post near Monument Valley, UT. The well at Goulding's was first dug by Seventh Day Adventists missionaries and is the only source of clean, free water for miles around. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: MARIE CLY, a Navajo Indian living on the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona, pulls the hose out of barrels after filling 50 gallon barrels with potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post near Monument Valley, UT. The well at Goulding's was first dug by Seventh Day Adventists missionaries and is the only source of clean, free water for miles around. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MONUMENT VALLEY, UT: Navajo Indians from the Navajo Reservation get potable water at the well at Goulding's Trading Post near Monument Valley, UT. The well at Goulding's was first dug by Seventh Day Adventists missionaries and is the only source of clean, free water for miles around. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- MEXICAN HAT, UT: The San Juan River as it flows through Mexican Hat, UT. The San Juan is one of the most important rivers on the Navajo Indian Reservation but the tribe has never been able to rights to divert adequate water from the river. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: KYLE GISHI, a member of a construction crew, installs water pipes on the Navajo Indian Reservation near Coyote Canyon. The project is a part of an effort by the tribe's government to bring potable water to the members of the Navajo Nation. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: CHUCK MORGAN, a member of a construction crew, installs water pipes on the Navajo Indian Reservation near Coyote Canyon. The project is a part of an effort by the tribe's government to bring potable water to the members of the Navajo Nation. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: ANNIE TSOSIE draws water from the storage barrel in her home. The Tsosies don't have running water and have to haul it to their home from a well. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press
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  • 22 OCTOBER 2007 -- COYOTE CANYON, NM: The water storage tank in the Tsosie home near Coyote Canyon, NM. The Tsosies don't have running water and have to haul it to their home from a well. More than 30 percent of the homes on the Navajo Nation, about the size of West Virginia and the largest Indian reservation in the US, don't have indoor plumbing or a regular supply of domestic water. Many of these homes have to either buy water from commercial vendors or haul water from public wells. A Federal study showed that the total cost of hauling water was about $113 per 1,000 gallons. A Phoenix household, in comparison, pays just $5 a month for up to 7,400 gallons of water. The lack of water on the reservation means the Navajo are among the most miserly users of water in the United States. Families that have to buy or haul water use only about 15 gallons of water per day per person. In Phoenix, by comparison, the average water use is about 170 gallons per day.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA:  Volunteers from Water on Wheels fill villagers water jugs at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry. People are being forced to buy water or get water from NGOs to meet their domestic needs.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A volunteer from Water on Wheels fills villagers water jugs at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A child watches volunteers fill his family's water jugs a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: Women carry their empty water jugs to a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: Villagers wait as their water jugs are filled by a Water on Wheels volunteer (left) at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A volunteer from Water on Wheels fills villagers water jugs at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A volunteer from Water on Wheels fills villagers water jugs at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A volunteer from Water on Wheels fills villagers water jugs at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A volunteer from Water on Wheels fills villagers water jugs at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: People set out their water jugs at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JULY 2015 - PA TAN, LOPBURI, THAILAND: Rice farmers in Lopburi province pump water for their rice out of an irrigation canal. Normally the canal is so full the water flows into their small canal without pumps. One farmer said nobody in their community could remember the canal ever being this low. Central Thailand is contending with drought. By one estimate, about 80 percent of Thailand's agricultural land is in drought like conditions and farmers have been told to stop planting new acreage of rice, the area's principal cash crop. Water in reservoirs are below 10 percent of their capacity, a record low. Water in some reservoirs is so low, water no longer flows through the slipways and instead has to be pumped out of the reservoir into irrigation canals. Farmers who have planted their rice crops are pumping water out of the irrigation canals in effort to save their crops. Homes have collapsed in some communities on the Chao Phraya River, the main water source for central Thailand, because water levels are so low the now exposed embankment is collapsing. This is normally the start of the rainy season, but so far there hasn't been any significant rain.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JULY 2015 - PA TAN, LOPBURI, THAILAND: Rice farmers in Lopburi province pump water for their rice out of an irrigation canal. Normally the canal is so full the water flows into their small canal without pumps. One farmer said nobody in their community could remember the canal ever being this low. Central Thailand is contending with drought. By one estimate, about 80 percent of Thailand's agricultural land is in drought like conditions and farmers have been told to stop planting new acreage of rice, the area's principal cash crop. Water in reservoirs are below 10 percent of their capacity, a record low. Water in some reservoirs is so low, water no longer flows through the slipways and instead has to be pumped out of the reservoir into irrigation canals. Farmers who have planted their rice crops are pumping water out of the irrigation canals in effort to save their crops. Homes have collapsed in some communities on the Chao Phraya River, the main water source for central Thailand, because water levels are so low the now exposed embankment is collapsing. This is normally the start of the rainy season, but so far there hasn't been any significant rain.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais and tourists get into water fights during Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: A Thai woman stands in the street after getting doused with water during Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: A Thai woman throws water at a tourist while he passes a bar during Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais and tourists get into water fights during Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais throw water on a tourist Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais and tourists get into water fights during Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais and tourists get into water fights during Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thai women throw water at a tourist during Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais and tourists get into water fights during Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais and tourists get into water fights during Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais and tourists get into water fights during Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais and tourists get into water fights during Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais and tourists get into water fights during Songkran festivities on a soi off of Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais squirt each other with water on Songkran in central Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais squirt each other with water on Songkran in central Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: Thais squirt each other with water on Songkran in central Bangkok Tuesday. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: A woman cleanses a Buddha statue at a temple on Songkran in central Bangkok Tuesday. The tradition of spraying people with water started with cleansing the statues. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Apr. 13, 2010 - Bangkok, Thailand: A boy squirts a motorcycle taxi with water during Songkran festivities in central Bangkok. Songkran is the Thai New Year's holiday, celebrated from April 13 - 15. This year's official celebrations have been cancelled because of the Red Shirt protests but Thais are still marking the holiday. It's one of the most popular holidays in Thailand. Songkran originally was celebrated only in the north of Thailand, and was adapted from the Indian Holi festival. Except the Thais throw water instead of colored powder. The throwing of water originated as a way to pay respect to people, by capturing the water after it had been poured over the Buddhas for cleansing and then using this "blessed" water to give good fortune to elders and family by gently pouring it on the shoulder. Among young people the holiday evolved to include dousing strangers with water to relieve the heat, since April is the hottest month in Thailand (temperatures can rise to over 100°F or 40°C on some days). This has further evolved into water fights and splashing water over people riding in vehicles. The water is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner. Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A child helps fill his family's water jugs a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA:  Volunteers from Water on Wheels fill villagers water jugs at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry. People are being forced to buy water or get water from NGOs to meet their domestic needs.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A child carries an empty water jug to a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA:  Villagers watch as their water jugs are filled at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: Filling water jugs at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: Filling water jugs at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA:  A woman waits for water at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA:  A woman carries her water home from a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: Women carry their empty water jugs to a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: Women carry their empty water jugs to a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: Villagers wait as their water jugs are filled at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A girl carries her water home from a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A man carries water to his home after his jugs were filled at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: Villagers wait as their water jugs are filled at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: Filling water jugs at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A woman carries water to her home after her water jugs were filled at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: A woman picks up her just filled water jug at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: Villagers wait as their water jugs are filled at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 JUNE 2016 - SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: People set out their water jugs at a water distribution point in Sot Nikum, a village northeast of Siem Reap. Wells in the village have been dry for more than three months because of the drought that is gripping most of Southeast Asia. People in the community rely on water they have to buy from water sellers or water brought in by NGOs. They were waiting for water brought in by truck from Siem Reap by Water on Wheels, a NGO in Siem Reap. Cambodia is in the second year of  a record shattering drought, brought on by climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. There is no water to irrigate the farm fields and many of the wells in the area have run dry.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MARCH 2016 - BAN SONG, PRACHIN BURI, THAILAND:  A worker carries bottles of water out of a water bottling plant in Ban Song. The plant has been open for 11 years and is reporting that demand has increased above normal this year because more people are buying bottled water because salt water has intruded into the local water supply. Some people are buying the bottled water to wash and bathe with because of the salt water intrusion. The drought in Thailand is worsening and has spread to 14 provinces in the agricultural heartland of Thailand. Communities along the Bang Pakong River, which flows into the Gulf of Siam, have been especially hard hit since salt water has intruded into domestic water supplies as far upstream as Prachin Buri, about 100 miles from the mouth of the river at the Gulf of Siam. Water is being trucked to hospitals in the area because they can't use the salty water.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MARCH 2016 - BAN SONG, PRACHIN BURI, THAILAND:  A worker carries bottles of water out of a water bottling plant in Ban Song. The plant has been open for 11 years and is reporting that demand has increased above normal this year because more people are buying bottled water because salt water has intruded into the local water supply. Some people are buying the bottled water to wash and bathe with because of the salt water intrusion. The drought in Thailand is worsening and has spread to 14 provinces in the agricultural heartland of Thailand. Communities along the Bang Pakong River, which flows into the Gulf of Siam, have been especially hard hit since salt water has intruded into domestic water supplies as far upstream as Prachin Buri, about 100 miles from the mouth of the river at the Gulf of Siam. Water is being trucked to hospitals in the area because they can't use the salty water.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MARCH 2016 - BAN SONG, PRACHIN BURI, THAILAND:  A worker carries bottles of water out of a water bottling plant in Ban Song. The plant has been open for 11 years and is reporting that demand has increased above normal this year because more people are buying bottled water because salt water has intruded into the local water supply. Some people are buying the bottled water to wash and bathe with because of the salt water intrusion. The drought in Thailand is worsening and has spread to 14 provinces in the agricultural heartland of Thailand. Communities along the Bang Pakong River, which flows into the Gulf of Siam, have been especially hard hit since salt water has intruded into domestic water supplies as far upstream as Prachin Buri, about 100 miles from the mouth of the river at the Gulf of Siam. Water is being trucked to hospitals in the area because they can't use the salty water.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MARCH 2016 - BAN SONG, PRACHIN BURI, THAILAND:  A worker carries bottles of water out of a water bottling plant in Ban Song. The plant has been open for 11 years and is reporting that demand has increased above normal this year because more people are buying bottled water because salt water has intruded into the local water supply. Some people are buying the bottled water to wash and bathe with because of the salt water intrusion. The drought in Thailand is worsening and has spread to 14 provinces in the agricultural heartland of Thailand. Communities along the Bang Pakong River, which flows into the Gulf of Siam, have been especially hard hit since salt water has intruded into domestic water supplies as far upstream as Prachin Buri, about 100 miles from the mouth of the river at the Gulf of Siam. Water is being trucked to hospitals in the area because they can't use the salty water.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MARCH 2016 - BAN SONG, PRACHIN BURI, THAILAND: A worker pushes bottles of water down the line at a water bottling plant in Ban Song. The plant has been open for 11 years and is reporting that demand has increased above normal this year because more people are buying bottled water because salt water has intruded into the local water supply. Some people are buying the bottled water to wash and bathe with because of the salt water intrusion. The drought in Thailand is worsening and has spread to 14 provinces in the agricultural heartland of Thailand. Communities along the Bang Pakong River, which flows into the Gulf of Siam, have been especially hard hit since salt water has intruded into domestic water supplies as far upstream as Prachin Buri, about 100 miles from the mouth of the river at the Gulf of Siam. Water is being trucked to hospitals in the area because they can't use the salty water.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MARCH 2016 - BAN SONG, PRACHIN BURI, THAILAND: A worker pushes bottles of water down the line at a water bottling plant in Ban Song. The plant has been open for 11 years and is reporting that demand has increased above normal this year because more people are buying bottled water because salt water has intruded into the local water supply. Some people are buying the bottled water to wash and bathe with because of the salt water intrusion. The drought in Thailand is worsening and has spread to 14 provinces in the agricultural heartland of Thailand. Communities along the Bang Pakong River, which flows into the Gulf of Siam, have been especially hard hit since salt water has intruded into domestic water supplies as far upstream as Prachin Buri, about 100 miles from the mouth of the river at the Gulf of Siam. Water is being trucked to hospitals in the area because they can't use the salty water.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MARCH 2016 - BAN SONG, PRACHIN BURI, THAILAND: A worker seals bottles of water at a water bottling plant in Ban Song. The plant has been open for 11 years and is reporting that demand has increased above normal this year because more people are buying bottled water because salt water has intruded into the local water supply. Some people are buying the bottled water to wash and bathe with because of the salt water intrusion. The drought in Thailand is worsening and has spread to 14 provinces in the agricultural heartland of Thailand. Communities along the Bang Pakong River, which flows into the Gulf of Siam, have been especially hard hit since salt water has intruded into domestic water supplies as far upstream as Prachin Buri, about 100 miles from the mouth of the river at the Gulf of Siam. Water is being trucked to hospitals in the area because they can't use the salty water.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MARCH 2016 - BAN SONG, PRACHIN BURI, THAILAND: A worker pushes bottles of water down the line at a water bottling plant in Ban Song. The plant has been open for 11 years and is reporting that demand has increased above normal this year because more people are buying bottled water because salt water has intruded into the local water supply. Some people are buying the bottled water to wash and bathe with because of the salt water intrusion. The drought in Thailand is worsening and has spread to 14 provinces in the agricultural heartland of Thailand. Communities along the Bang Pakong River, which flows into the Gulf of Siam, have been especially hard hit since salt water has intruded into domestic water supplies as far upstream as Prachin Buri, about 100 miles from the mouth of the river at the Gulf of Siam. Water is being trucked to hospitals in the area because they can't use the salty water.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PrachinBuriDrought023.jpg
  • 16 MARCH 2016 - BAN SONG, PRACHIN BURI, THAILAND: A worker pushes bottles of water down the line at a water bottling plant in Ban Song. The plant has been open for 11 years and is reporting that demand has increased above normal this year because more people are buying bottled water because salt water has intruded into the local water supply. Some people are buying the bottled water to wash and bathe with because of the salt water intrusion. The drought in Thailand is worsening and has spread to 14 provinces in the agricultural heartland of Thailand. Communities along the Bang Pakong River, which flows into the Gulf of Siam, have been especially hard hit since salt water has intruded into domestic water supplies as far upstream as Prachin Buri, about 100 miles from the mouth of the river at the Gulf of Siam. Water is being trucked to hospitals in the area because they can't use the salty water.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PrachinBuriDrought022.jpg
  • 16 MARCH 2016 - BAN SONG, PRACHIN BURI, THAILAND:  Water is bottled at a water bottling plant in Ban Song. The plant has been open for 11 years and is reporting that demand has increased above normal this year because more people are buying bottled water because salt water has intruded into the local water supply. Some people are buying the bottled water to wash and bathe with because of the salt water intrusion. The drought in Thailand is worsening and has spread to 14 provinces in the agricultural heartland of Thailand. Communities along the Bang Pakong River, which flows into the Gulf of Siam, have been especially hard hit since salt water has intruded into domestic water supplies as far upstream as Prachin Buri, about 100 miles from the mouth of the river at the Gulf of Siam. Water is being trucked to hospitals in the area because they can't use the salty water.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JULY 2015 - NON PHAK NAK, SUPHAN BURI, THAILAND:  A man harvests wild vegetables in an empty irrigation canal in Lopburi province. Normally the canal is full of water. Central Thailand is contending with drought. By one estimate, about 80 percent of Thailand's agricultural land is in drought like conditions and farmers have been told to stop planting new acreage of rice, the area's principal cash crop. Water in reservoirs are below 10 percent of their capacity, a record low. Water in some reservoirs is so low, water no longer flows through the slipways and instead has to be pumped out of the reservoir into irrigation canals. Farmers who have planted their rice crops are pumping water out of the irrigation canals in effort to save their crops. Homes have collapsed in some communities on the Chao Phraya River, the main water source for central Thailand, because water levels are so low the now exposed embankment is collapsing. This is normally the start of the rainy season, but so far there hasn't been any significant rain.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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