11.   Thousands of cows are dying of starvation while their owners survive on the brackish, contaminated water of shallow wells.

12.   Water levels in some shallow wells serving nearby rural homes became low in July.

13.   With the back of a spoon, shape a shallow well in the center.

14.   People lack fuel to boil the contaminated water they are drawing from shallow wells and rivers, the aid workers said.

15.   Shallow household wells, of the bucket variety, went dry long ago.

16.   Tamilag is often hit by the disease because of contaminated drinking water from rain and shallow wells, officials say.

17.   Ten people have died of cholera in the Tanzanian capital during the past three weeks after drinking contaminated water from shallow wells and boreholes, local newspapers reported Wednesday.