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9th Ward Residents Demand Answers Over Water Absence

HeadlineAug 18, 2006

In New Orleans, activists from the devastated Lower 9th Ward district are demanding answers over why parts of their neighborhood don’t have drinking water. The calls come nearly one year after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. Community leaders met with city officials Thursday but said they have yet to receive an adequate explanation.

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