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Local communities at risk from contaminated water
By Jesús Ibarra July 4, 2008 San Miguel de Allende
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The quality of potable water is of vital importance to health, but in several communities in the area of Presa Allende, the well water contains dangerously high levels of pollutants. |
To eliminate this public health problem, last year the Ecology Department (Dirección de Medio Ambiente y Ecología) set up two water collection systems in the rural community of Agustín González.
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