Liberia shuts water bottling firms for health reasons

Health  authorities in Liberia have closed down over 50 firms  selling drinking water in bottles and  sachets describing the products as " not fit for human consumption".
Liberia's public health authority said some of the companies claimed to be producing mineral water , claims which are far from the truth.
Liberia's main water treatment plant was badly damaged during the country's civil wars  serves about a fifth of the population of the Country's  capital, Monrovia, leaving many residents dependent on private water bottling firms for their supply of drinking  water.