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The water supply situation of two major towns of Eastern Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)
The inhabitants of thetown ofKisangani and Goma (RDC) have experienced quite a number of water supply cuts since the events of 1994 and 1997, due to the ongoing conflicts.In Kisanganithe disruptionswas mainly due to the power outages,to the lack of treatment chemicaland to thelack of spare parts to carry out a normal maintenance.Similar problems were experiencedin Goma, wherethe water distributionwas also affected by the huge influx of refugees and by the volcanic eruption of the Nyragongoin 2003and by the tremendous increase of its population.In this paper we describehow the people were affected and how the utilities were coping with the problems,with the assistance of the International Organizations
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La ville de Goma
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