For most Americans, in home running water and flushing toilets are considered basic utilities, but across rural Alaska more than 30 villages are still living without piped systems. What are the challenges of providing water infrastructure to these communities? And how is public health affected? We’ll discuss the ongoing effort to connect rural Alaska to water infrastructure on the next Talk of Alaska.
HOST: Lori Townsend
GUESTS:
- Chad Stovall, Chief Operating Officer, Denali Commission
- John Nichols, Rural Utility Management Services Director, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
- Greg Kim, reporter, KYUK
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LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.
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Lori Townsend is the chief editor, senior vice president of journalism and senior host for Alaska Public Media. You can send her news tips and program ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452. Read more about Lori here.
