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The residents of Ayaviri do not drink the water of their own rivers and lakes because they say it is polluted with mining waste. The pollution has created a cottage industry for water trucks, which charge 25 times the price of water in Lima. According to local people, some neighborhoods only have access to water for 6 hours a week. Peru’s government has found heavy metals in Ayaviri’s rivers.