Makassar women press for water as taps and wells run dry in sweltering Indonesian city

Makassar women press for water as taps and wells run dry in sweltering Indonesian city

MAKASSAR, Indonesia — For years, Rahma paid a monthly rate for water that never flowed to her home in eastern Indonesia’s largest urban area, here where the Tallo River meets the Pacific Ocean. “If I’m late by one day, I’ll be fined,” Rahma told Mongabay Indonesia near the coast of Makassar, the largest city on the island of Sulawesi. “They didn’t take away the meter, so we thought maybe the water would come back on, but it never did.” In the 15…