Drilling For Water In Venezuela's Parched Oil Town

Sourcing water has become a near-daily chore for residents of the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, where crumbling state infrastructure has made piped drinking water critically scarce (Credit: AFP)

In Venezuela's oil capital of Maracaibo, a drilling frenzy has led to dozens of new wells -- but the valuable liquid being pumped out is just water, not petroleum.

In a symbol of the woes of Venezuela's crumbling economy, the once flourishing oil town of 2 million people is parched.