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Living with water pollution in Guatemala

The first UN water summit in almost 50 years takes place in New York City this week, bringing thousands of delegates together to discuss The looming global water crisis Caused by over-consumption and over-development.

Reuters dispatched photographers Tuesday to the Las Bacas River in the city of Chinautla outside Guatemala City to document the impact pollution is having on one waterway.

An overview of the waste from Guatemala’s largest landfill in the Las Vacas river basin

A man searches for scrap metal in the polluted waters of the Las Vacas River.

People collect scrap metal from a polluted river that straddles Guatemala’s largest landfill

A man poses for a portrait after working in the polluted waters of the Las Bacas River

This man, known as “Kanche”, is one of these irregular workers.

A man searches for scrap metal in the polluted waters of the Las Vacas River.

According to one nonprofit, The Ocean Cleanup, about 20,000 tons of garbage is carried by the Las Bacas River each year.

Cows and calves crossing the polluted waters of the Las Vacas River

Humans aren’t the only ones you’ll see in the litter-filled waters. Here cows and their calves are crossing the river.

Two boys crossing the polluted waters of the Las Bacas River

Abner, 12, and Anderson, 9, were also photographed walking through murky waters.

A man searches for scrap metal in the polluted waters of the Las Vacas River.

Las Bacas is a tributary of the Rio Motagua, Guatemala’s largest river, which empties into the Caribbean Sea.

Overview of illegal dumping on the banks of the Las Bacas River

Last year, Ocean Cleanup installed steel mesh screens in rivers to stop plastic from reaching the Caribbean.

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