Water Hookups Come To Alaska Yup'ik village: Residents Thrilled To Ditch Their 'Honey Buckets'
Water Hookups Come To Alaska Yup'ik village: Residents Thrilled To Ditch Their 'Honey Buckets'
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Water Hookups Come To Alaska Yup'ik village: Residents Thrilled To Ditch Their 'Honey Buckets'
AKIACHAK, Alaska (AP) -- Sanitation workers Thomas Noatak and Joseph Moses start every workday riding a four-wheeler along the muddy roads of this small Yup'ik village on southwestern Alaska's vast Kuskokwim River, looking for human waste.
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AKIACHAK, Alaska (AP) — Sanitation workers Thomas Noatak and Joseph Moses start every workday riding a four-wheeler along the muddy roads of this small Yup’ik village on southwestern Alaska’s vast Kuskokwim River, looking for human waste. They’re checking honey bucket bins — large steel containers where residents dump their waste at neighborhood collection points. When […]