In JAMAICA...WILLIAMSFIELD, St. Catherine: Nowhere to turn, Cocoa Walk residents use 'unhealthy' water from spring to cook. Read more at www.RulaBrownNetwork.com

Muriel Brown, secretary of the Williamsfield Citizens' Association,
 catches water from a spring in Cocoa Walk in the community.
Some residents use this water to wash and cook.-PHOTOS BY KAREN SUDU

WILLIAMSFIELD, St Catherine:UNHEALTHY. That's how some residents of Cocoa Walk in Williamsfield in north-east St Catherine describe the water from a spring which runs through the community. Yet, this is the same water they are sometimes forced to use to for domestic purposes, including washing, and at times, even cooking. "Wi know seh it no healthy, but wi can't do any better. Sometimes wi go up a di spring and go down inna one gully and catch water and carry it pan wi head," a female resident in her 50s, who gave her name only as Rose, told The Gleaner. READ More...