11.   At the monastery, open sewers run past the Hmong dwellings on a parched plain surrounded by jagged hills.

12.   A foul odor wafted from narrow alleys where children played near open sewers.

13.   A new report suggests, though, that the Rhine may yet overcome its reputation as the great open sewer of Western Europe.

14.   Abdul Haq sat on a daybed on the porch of his house, next to a mosque and a stream that doubles as an open sewer.

15.   But in the colonias, where some do not have running water and open sewers run near streets, flooding is likely to make things worse.

16.   But the Li, like other major Chinese rivers, for years was treated as an open sewer.

17.   But the Li, like other major Chinese rivers, for years was treated as virtually an open sewer.

18.   Downtown streets are strewn with piles of garbage and open sewers, while much of the population lacks basic sanitation and health care.

19.   Gaza in particular is extremely short on money, industry and jobs while long on overcrowded houses, broken roads and open sewers.

20.   From Bratislava to the Black Sea, towns use the river as an open sewer, in the process contaminating ground water.