When the barrels are topped off, she’ll fill any other containers they have, from recycled pickle buckets to empty soda bottles.
She’s been the only driver for the St. Bonaventure Indian Mission since it started the water deliveries of water pumped from its on-site well in 2009.
The Navajo reservation in western New Mexico has been hit hard by the drought in the American west; years of uranium mining has used up much of the groundwater and roughly 15,000 people have no running water.
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“You know what we do?” Georgianna Johnson, one of the people on the route, told NPR News. “‘The water truck’s coming! Get the buckets ready!’ We get all happy. Today’s the day I’m going to take a bath.”
Read more here: http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/navaho-lady-delivers-water-75-miles-every-day/
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