At the same time, plans must be made for city-dwelling Afghans, whose shallow wells are rapidly going dry.
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More than 75 percent of rural homes draw water from unprotected, shallow wells, the World Health Organization says.
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Thousands of cows are dying of starvation while their owners survive on the brackish, contaminated water of shallow wells.
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Tamilag is often hit by the disease because of contaminated drinking water from rain and shallow wells, officials say.
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Much of the irrigation water in the Piedmont comes from shallow wells that tap the layers of Pleistocene gravel.
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Tube-wells in the Tapi-Purna alluvium and shallow wells in the coastal sands are the other main sources of water.
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In the early days, water was obtained from local sources and some shallow wells driven into the underlying sandstone.
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The great majority of the rural community water supply relies on groundwater through shallow wells, deep wells and springs.
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State authorities still are investigating whether the contamination comes from leaking livestock lagoons, fertilizer or poorly constructed shallow wells.
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The condition is more prevalent in rural areas where drinking water is derived from shallow wells or hand pumps.
