For the moment there is stalemate. The private water company is now seeking compensation. Little has been done since it was thrown out to improve the city s water supply. Almost half the population still has no access to running water. Many of these people live in Alto Cochabamba, in tiny houses crowded on the outskirts of the city.
People there have to buy barrells of water from water truckers, often at very high prices.
But recently it has not rained. So we have to buy water. But this is difficult. We are poor. That is why we are living here.