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How Sao Paulo Drought Could Benefit Brazil
February 2nd, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting analysis of how the current Sao Paulo drought could actually benefit Brazil: The state of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s financial core, remains in a drought of historical proportions, and we expect to continue seeing reports of water shortages in the greater municipal area of the city of Sao Paulo. Further […]
Read more »Water War Amid Brazil Drought Leads To Fight Over Puddles
November 26th, 2014
Via Bloomberg, a look at the battle between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo over scarce water supplies: Brazil’s Jaguari reservoir has fallen to its lowest level ever, laying bare measurement posts that jut from exposed earth like a line of dominoes. The nation’s two biggest cities are fighting for what little water is left. […]
Read more »Brazil Edges To Brink of Epic Water Crisis
November 24th, 2014
Via The Globe and Mail, a report on Sao Paulo’s worsening water crisis: One of the world’s biggest cities is running out of water. Sao Paulo, a city of 20 million people, could run dry within weeks. The humanitarian and economic cost would be immense. The fiasco should be a global wakeup call for other […]
Read more »Explaining São Paulo, Brazil’s Water Crisis
November 4th, 2014
Via the World Resources Institute, several maps detailing São Paulo’s water crisis: The worst drought to grip São Paulo, Brazil and neighboring states in 80 years is wreaking havoc on the local population. As of late October, key reservoirs hold less than two weeks’ worth of drinking water. Schools and health centers are closing early, […]
Read more »Sao Paulo’s Water Waiting Game: No Rationing But High Risk Of Severe Shortage
November 4th, 2014
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a detailed look at how the desire to protect the poor left Brazil’s driest city few options other than new pipes and prayers for rain: Sao Paulo’s Cantareira reservoirs, which supply half of the city’s 20 million people, are just 12 percent full.Click image to enlarge. A risky decision by […]
Read more »Unprecedented Drought Puts Sao Paulo Water Supply At Risk
September 25th, 2014
Via The Globe and Mail, a report on Sao Paulo’s water crisis: It’s a game of chance, every time Zeina Reis da Cruz turns on her taps: Will anything come out? “Sometimes I have no water for two days, then it comes back on the next day and the day after that, I have no […]
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