Tuvaluans use ingenuity to cope with water shortage

People in Tuvalu are finding novel ways of coping with the severe water shortage, including using a combination of fresh and sea water to wash with.

Reverend Taufe Lusama, General Secretary of the Christian Church of Tuvalu, says one of the two desalination plants which arrived in the capital recently broke down at the weekend, so there's not as much extra water as had been expected.

He says with fresh water restricted and used only for drinking, people are starting to smell a bit, and trees are dying.

Presenter: Bruce Hill

Speaker: Reverend Taufe Lusama, General Secretary of the Christian Church of Tuvalu, speaking to Bruce Hill.

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