(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man who lives in Aneth fills up his water jugs at the St. Christopher's Episcopal Mission well in Bluff. More than one-third of Navajo Nation households lack running water, and the problem is even worse in San Juan County where nearly half of Navajo Nation residents have to haul water. Families fill jugs at communal wells or buy bottled water from stores — both costly and time-consuming burdens that have become only more difficult during the pandemic and the tribe's daily and weekend curfews.
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