Kobo ward councilor, Max Yawo, said their great grandfathers have been drinking from catchments and the Waria River; a trend that their generation and their grandchildren are continuing.
The outlying villages of Morobe Rural LLG can only be reached via the sea, and are more than 5 hours away from Lae city.
One of these villages is Waingsoduna, where there has never been a proper water system, no electricity and struggling health, education and law and order systems.
