Mr. Speaker. is further complicated by the large number of internally displaced people arriving each and every day. And according to media reports. thousands of refugees have arrived from the central and northern provinces since February 2006. which puts unmitigated pressure on the already strained water system. And according to a U.N. Refugee Agency report. the available water supply only met 60 percent of the needs 1 year ago. It also stated. "Rural areas rely on drinking water directly from the marshes. water that is highly saline. untreated and often contaminated." Recent studies found that only 5 percent of the houses in the province have running water. Sixty percent use water pumps. and the rest rely on river water.
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