{"id":177770,"date":"2024-08-02T14:47:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T12:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/lesotho\/lesotho-a-villages-lifeline-can-steel-tanks-empower-lesotho-communities-to-manage-their-water\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T14:47:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T12:47:50","slug":"lesotho-a-villages-lifeline-can-steel-tanks-empower-lesotho-communities-to-manage-their-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/lesotho\/lesotho-a-villages-lifeline-can-steel-tanks-empower-lesotho-communities-to-manage-their-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho: A Village&#8217;s Lifeline &#8211; Can Steel Tanks Empower Lesotho Communities to Manage Their Water?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"26\">In areas where infrastructure is lacking or water is scarce, steel water tanks provide a sturdy and dependable way to store and distribute this vital resource.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"40\">These tanks are an essential way for communities in Lesotho to have a reliable and secure water supply, since water access is not always consistent. In this piece, we&#8217;ll look at how steel tanks might improve water management in Lesotho.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"4\">Water Storage and Security<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"29\">Communities can continue to have access to water, even in dry spells, thanks&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202408020074.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Southern Africa <a title=\"Lesotho\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/southern-africa\/lesotho\/\">Lesotho<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In areas where infrastructure is lacking or water is scarce, steel water tanks provide a sturdy and dependable way to store and distribute this vital resource. These tanks are an essential way for communities in Lesotho to have a reliable and secure water supply, since water access is not always consistent. In this piece, we&#8217;ll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":177771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn08.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1406],"tags":[258,256,7103,7924,4717,1407,14266,10965,257,254,16560,14686,17716,6722],"class_list":["post-177770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lesotho","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-communities","tag-empower","tag-lesotho","tag-lesotho-news","tag-lifeline","tag-manage","tag-news","tag-south-africa-today","tag-steel","tag-tanks","tag-villages","tag-water"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn08.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}