Clean Water Solutions for Tsunami-Stricken Areas

By Sheilah Kast

Published January 1, 2005 at 10:00 PM MST

NPR's Sheilah Kast speaks with Les Roberts, a water engineer and research associate at John Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health, about short-term and long-term solutions for getting clean water to communities devastated by last week's massive Indian Ocean tsunami.

Sheilah Kast

Sheilah Kast joined NPR in November 2003 as the weekend newscaster for "PBS/NPR Newsbrief," the hourly 30-second television news reports produced by NPR for PBS stations.

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The monsoon takes a break for a few days as drier air has made its way into the region, with the exception of the White Mountains region where moisture lingers and showers and thunderstorms will be possible each afternoon. Monsoonal moisture makes a gradual comeback mid to late next week.

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