Clean drinking water in short supply in Haiti

As the people of Haiti survive day by day in their shattered communities they face long waits for something essential to life -- clean drinking water.

Two weeks ago, many Haitians may not have considered a big plastic bucket key to their survival. But today, living in makeshift tents and surrounded by the rubble of their homes, they wait in long lines with buckets at their sides, for much-needed water.

The Haitian government says about one million Haitians are displaced in the capital. Many have attempted to leave, but thousands of others have taken up temporary residence in improvised tents throughout the city.

People wait to receive water supplied by ACTED, an NGO (Non-governmental organization) in IDPcamps in Tapis Rouge, a slum area high in the mountains in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Carrefour Feuille, Haiti, January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Sophia