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In Northeastern Brazil, Drought Runs The Economy Dry
July 12th, 2015
Via WorldCrunch, a report on the impact that Brazil’s drought has had upon some of its region’s economies: For months now, water taps in some of northeastern Brazil’s cities have been running dry. Not during certain hours of the day. Or certain days of the week. But all the time. Morning and night. Day after […]
Read more »São Paulo: Anatomy Of A Failing Megacity As Water Taps Run Dry
July 3rd, 2015
Courtesy of The Guardian, a detailed look at Sao Paulo in the wake of its water crisis: In São Paulo, drinking water is used to flush toilets, bathe and, until very recently, to wash cars and even hose down city pavements, as porters use jets of crystalline water to shift those last specks of grime. […]
Read more »Sao Paulo: A “Green” Drought Perception Impedes Government Action
May 4th, 2015
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting look at how transparency , accountability, and civic participation are key to improving Sao Paulo’s water security: Sao Paulo is a paradox of water scarcity and abundance. Brazil’s largest city, located in a region that averages 25 more inches of rain each year than Seattle, is gripped by […]
Read more »Brazil Turns to Big Projects To Fix Water Crisis
April 7th, 2015
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, an interesting article on Brazil’s plan to tap a long-polluted dam to alleviate a punishing water shortage: An aerial view shows illegally built slums on the border of the polluted water of Billings reservoir in São Paulo. As he stood by the dam that is a last hope for […]
Read more »Brazil – From The Droughts Of The Northeast To São Paulo’s Thirst
March 12th, 2015
Via Inter Press Service, a look at Brazil’s water crisis: A puddle is all that is left in one of the reservoirs of the Cantareira System, which normally supplies nearly half of the São Paulo metropolitan region. Six million people in Brazil’s biggest city, São Paulo, may at some point find themselves without water. The […]
Read more »Taps Start To Run Dry In Brazil’s Largest City
February 17th, 2015
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on São Paulo sater crisis which is linked to growth, pollution, and deforestation: Endowed with the Amazon and other mighty rivers, an array of huge dams and one-eighth of the world’s fresh water, Brazil is sometimes called the “Saudi Arabia of water,” so rich in the coveted resource that some liken it to living above […]
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