"Meanwhile, up until recently, Washington County in Utah an Anglo community just 80 miles away consumed the most water per person per day in the US, at 300 gallons, and paid the least for it. In Navajo Nation water use is about five to 10 gallons per person per day and yet the Dine pay the most for what they do get, and some rural families have to drive one or two hours to a water source."
"When you get there, you sit in line for sometimes two or three hours, and then it takes half an hour to fill the tank in the back of your truck, before driving all the way home again. All that fuel, all that lost time, the wear and tear on your vehicle, having to do that up to four times a week in the summer because you need extra water for your animals as well as for your house."
A third of residents on Navajo Nation lack running water, while nearby Washington County, Utah consumed about 300 gallons per person per day and paid the least. Navajo water use is about five to ten gallons per person per day, yet Dine households pay the most and some families must drive one to two hours to obtain water. At water sources people may wait two to three hours and spend half an hour filling tanks, repeating trips up to four times a week in summer for animals and households, incurring fuel costs, lost time, and vehicle wear. Fieldwork and photography documented these disparities and cultural context.
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