Nearly 20 communities on the Navajo Nation are affected by flooding and broken water lines on the reservation.

Heavy rains prompted the floods. The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority said the high volume of water caused water lines in several communities to break, leading to outages in the central, western and northern parts of the reservation.

"In some cases, we repaired the water line break and overnight, another flash flood broke the same water line," an NTUA field superintendent told The Gallup Independent.

The water supply at a hospital in Ganado, Arizona, became contaminated with E.coli, a deadly bacteria. NTUA supplied a 5,000 gallon water tanker to the hospital.

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Water Woes: Flooding creates state of emergency across much of the Navajo Nation (The Gallup Independent 8/10)

Relevant Links:
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority - http://www.ntua.com
Navajo Nation - http://www.navajo.org