Brazil, mega-city of 20 million, to run out of water in one month

by: J. D. Heyes
Friday, January 23, 2015
Naturalnews.com
Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/048376_drought_Brazil_water_supply.html#

(NaturalNews) The Western United States is not the only region of the world that is currently suffering under chronic drought conditions. The largest country in South America — Brazil — is also experiencing drought, and its biggest city is two months away from running out of water entirely.

As reported by Reuters, the Brazilian mega-city of Sao Paulo, where 20 million people reside, has about one month’s worth of a guaranteed water supply, as city officials have begun tapping into the second of three emergency reserves.

Reuters further noted:

The city began using its second so-called “technical reserve” 10 days ago to prevent a water crisis after reservoirs reached critically low levels last month.

This is the first time the state has resorted to using the reserves, experts say.