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Rural Residents Lack Water Resources

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71 year-old Robert Martin is leading the charge to bring city water to his small hamlet of ten homes outside of Ruleville, Miss. In the meantime, he's been relying on a "shallow well," and has even taken $15,000 out of his retirement savings to dig a more sustainable well. (Photos courtesy of Katti Gray)

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This program aired on March 25, 2010. The audio for this program is not available.

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