Many Americans face coronavirus with no water to wash their hands.
The shut-offs put families in peril, said Monica Lewis-Patrick, president of We The People of Detroit, a human rights and water advocacy group that has helped Detroiters respond.Rebecca Cook / Reuters file
Lewis-Patrick's organization has been providing bottled water to people who need help, such as single mothers with multiple children and people with health challenges who aren't able to haul heavy bottles of water home from a store or a food bank. A plumbing leak caused by extreme weather early last year quickly drove up the cost of household water, and, by the fall, she wasn't able to fix the plumbing or pay the $400 she said she owed the water department.Courtesy Valaria Griffin
A notice by the Detroit Water & Sewerage Department informs residents how to restore water service amid the coronavirus outbreak.Lewis-Patrick said she's heard complaints from Detroit residents about jammed phone lines and long waits for restoration.
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