AP/ A.WILSON
"Huge amounts of fresh water will be required for...(nat gas, oil, gold, lithium)...operations in a country where water scarcity holds back development and 16% of households still lack connections to publicly treated drinking water.
AND: "... in San Juan province, people already face water-use restrictions and must pay 99 times more for water than what Barrick Gold pays under a deal with provincial officials, said lawmaker Miguel Bonasso..."
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