After Five Years Without Drinkable Water, a Nebraska Town Asks: When Will Our Tap Water Be Safe?

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The Santee Sioux Nation reservation in northeast Nebraska has been under a no-drink order since 2019. Leaders hope a new state law could jumpstart funding needed to fix the problem.

By Destiny Herbers, Flatwater Free Press

This story was reported and originally published by the Flatwater Free Press, Nebraska’s nonprofit investigative newsroom. 

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