Navajo Nation: Water shortage is contributing to COVID-19 spread
While the virus has attuned the whole country to the idea of “wash your hands for 20 seconds,” at least 15% of Navajo Nation homes have no running water at all, according to the official tribal tally. … The lack of water access has roots in the history of tribal reservations and federal land use, the byzantine nature of western water law, and the broader lack of infrastructure funding for the Navajo Nation, tribal members and experts said.