In South Sudan, Water Shortages Everywhere
![Women who crossed over from Sudan's Blue Nile state with little food or water fill jerry cans at a watering hole called Km 18 on June 20, 2012. Water from watering holes can carry disease. (Hannah McNeish/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/3FD38A91-30F6-44F3-979D-CD8503CE3595_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women who crossed over from Sudan's Blue Nile state with little food or water fill jerry cans at a watering hole called Km 18 on June 20, 2012. Water from watering holes can carry disease. (Hannah McNeish/VOA)
![A young herder in Kuse Dam in Terekeka county, north of Juba, uses a pipe filter provided by The Carter Center to strain out infective Guinea worm larvae from water while drinking.](https://gdb.voanews.com/FBDD2B39-B72E-463C-832B-B3A7EFEC9389_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A young herder in Kuse Dam in Terekeka county, north of Juba, uses a pipe filter provided by The Carter Center to strain out infective Guinea worm larvae from water while drinking.
![Women gather to collect water at the Yusuf Batil refugee camp in Upper Nile, South Sudan, July 4, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/80D311BA-63C8-4A97-9CB2-DE2EC4E914C3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women gather to collect water at the Yusuf Batil refugee camp in Upper Nile, South Sudan, July 4, 2012.
![Displaced women gather to collect water from a water hole near Jamam refugee camp in South Sudan's Upper Nile State, March 10, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/F5F10C71-F3E5-4D09-9AFE-6E510D8EEC90_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Displaced women gather to collect water from a water hole near Jamam refugee camp in South Sudan's Upper Nile State, March 10, 2012.