For residents on the outskirts of the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, getting water is a daily struggle. People like Khadidjatou Taher, who has lived for a decade in her ramshackle neighbourhood in the Tarhill district without running water in her home. Authorities have installed a few tanks in the streets and set up a replacement system with water tankers, but that barely meets the everyday needs of residents. “Everyone here does what they can with their jerry cans. But when it's really hot, even 100 cans aren't enough,” says Taher. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES