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Leaking pipes as climate warms: Bulgaria faces water crisis / 66YL3T3
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Turning the tap in her yard, Bulgarian villager Rumyana Tsoneva often finds it running dry. With water shortages part of her daily life, the 69-year-old has to choose between filling bottles, running a wash or taking a shower. Bulgaria, the EU's poorest country, has decades-old pipes and, according to the mayor of Gorna Studena, "over 60-70 percent" of water is "lost in the ground" as a result of leakages. Making matters worse is a warming environment, with fewer snowy winters, less rainfall and hot, dry summers. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES