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The bottom of a deep wind-powered well that provides vital water resources to the residents of the arid interior of Boa vista.

Two children walk up the stairs from the well with a container, presumably filled with water.

The well provides a vital water resource to the residents of the arid interior of Boa vista.

A woman places a pail full of water atop her head after retrieving the water from the wind-powered well.

The well provides a vital resource to the residents of the arid interior of Boa vista.

Six children climb upon the base of a windmill that supplies power to a well in Boa Vista.

The well provides a vital water resource to the residents of the arid interior of Boa vista.

A handful of people stand at the base of a wind-powered well. The well provides a vital water resource to the residents of the arid interior of Boa vista.

The Danish government built this desalination plant in Cape Verde just prior to this 1988 photograph.

Natural fresh water resources are few to nonexistent in many islands of Cape Verde. Therefore, seawater desalination plants are absolutely…