Members of the community-based organization Mazingira Yetu, Swahili for Our Environment, collect and sort plastic waste collected from the Nairobi River, in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. As clean water runs short, one of Africa s fastest growing cities is struggling to balance the needs of creating jobs and protecting the environment, and the population of over 4 million feels the strain. AP

Violet Alunga, 36, washes plastic sacks in the Nairobi river to remove traces of cement for resale to traders who make baskets from them, in the Korogocho area of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. As clean water runs short, one of Africa s fastest growing cities is struggling to balance the needs of creating jobs and protecting the environment, and the population of over 4 million feels the strain. AP

A member of the community-based organization Mazingira Yetu, Swahili for Our Environment, heats a glass bottle collected from the Nairobi River, in order to cut it to be used as a drinking glass, in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. As clean water runs short, one of Africa s fastest growing cities is struggling to balance the needs of creating jobs and protecting the environment, and the population of over 4 million feels the strain. AP

A tributary of the Nairobi River, which traverses informal settlements and industrial hubs, is seen full of garbage in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. As clean water runs short, one of Africa s fastest growing cities is struggling to balance the needs of creating jobs and protecting the environment, and the population of over 4 million feels the strain. AP

Anne Nduta, 25, collects water to wash her babies clothes by hand, from the Athi River south of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. As clean water runs short, one of Africa s fastest growing cities is struggling to balance the needs of creating jobs and protecting the environment, and the population of over 4 million feels the strain. AP

Garbage covers the base of a waterfall of the Nairobi River, which traverses informal settlements and industrial hubs, in the Dandora area of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. As clean water runs short, one of Africa s fastest growing cities is struggling to balance the needs of creating jobs and protecting the environment, and the population of over 4 million feels the strain. AP

Workers prune crops at a five-acre farm that is irrigated using water from the Nairobi River, in the downstream Athi River area south of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. As clean water runs short, one of Africa s fastest growing cities is struggling to balance the needs of creating jobs and protecting the environment, and the population of over 4 million feels the strain. AP

A tributary full of garbage, which feeds into the Nairobi River, flows through the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. As clean water runs short, one of Africa s fastest growing cities is struggling to balance the needs of creating jobs and protecting the environment, and the population of over 4 million feels the strain. AP