Drought Decimates Water Reserve in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Posted by feww on October 11, 2014
EXTREME WEATHER & CLIMATIC EVENTS
STATE OF EMERGENCY
EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT
WATER FAMINE
CROP DISASTERS
SCENARIOS 444, 219, 111, 100, 090, 03, 02
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Brazil’s biggest city running out of water after 9 months of exceptional drought
The governor of Sao Paulo has asked the federal government for permission to siphon the remaining water out of the main reservoir that supplies water to millions of residents in Sao Paulo city, AP reported.
More than 95% of the water in Sao Paulo’s main reservoir, the Cantareira system, has already gone. The reservoir provides water to about 6.7 million residents.
The drought, said to be Brazil’s worst ever, has also affected at least 30 other cities in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais.
The affected regions received less than 30 percent of the normal rain during Brazil’s wet season that runs from December to February.
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mgr said
Brazil should start afforestation immediately and stop deforestation