groundwater crisis (ongoing): el salvador: JHahn_-ElSalvador_OjodeAgua_16

Nejapa, El Salvador- A woman carries a bench at an outdoor cafe decorated with advertisements for Coca Cola and other local sodas in Nejapa, El Salvador June 2018. Nejapa is not only home to a number of bottling plants including Coca Cola and Lactolac, it also lies above one of El Salvador's largest aquifers, feeding neighboring communities and much of San Salvador.The San Antonio River, once a main source of water for Nejapa, has been contaminated by the waste produced by industrial bottling plants since their arrival in 1996. Bio filtration systems were installed but have been broken since 2006. (Jane Hahn)

Nejapa, El Salvador- A woman carries a bench at an outdoor cafe decorated with advertisements for Coca Cola and other local sodas in Nejapa, El Salvador June 2018.  

Nejapa is not only home to a number of bottling plants including Coca Cola and Lactolac, it also lies above one of El Salvador's largest aquifers, feeding neighboring communities and much of San Salvador. 

The San Antonio River, once a main source of water for Nejapa, has been contaminated by the waste produced by industrial bottling plants since their arrival in 1996. Bio filtration systems were installed but have been broken since 2006.  

(Jane Hahn)