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Foreign firms to purify Indian Ocean water for home use in Coast

Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa (left), Coast Water Services Board Chairman Granton Samboja and Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho at the board’s offices in Mombasa yesterday. [PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]

The Coast region lies next to one of the world’s largest water reservoirs, yet it has always had one big problem – water scarcity.

To complicate matters, already several of the counties in the region are facing disconnection by the regional water authority because of defaulting on payment for supply.

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