November 20, 2019
More than 2 million Americans don’t have running water, basic plumbing
Author: Meera Jagannathan
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More than 2 million people in the US lack running water and basic indoor plumbing, according to a new report by the human-rights nonprofit DigDeep and the nonprofit US Water Alliance — and race and poverty are key determinants of who has access to clean water and sanitation.
Native Americans are 19 times more likely to lack indoor plumbing than their white counterparts, putting them in the worst spot of any group and African-American and Latinx households lack indoor plumbing at al