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Thirsty Uruguayans Launch Quest To Find Underground Water
June 12th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on Uruguay’s increasingly desperate efforts to find water: Drought-parched Uruguay is thirsty, and in one of the main leafy parks of its capital a new sight is appearing: heavy equipment drilling in an emergency quest for more water.For the past 10 days, the noisy machinery has added to the urban […]
Read more »Day Zero Threatens Uruguay’s Capital
June 11th, 2023
Via Circle of Blue, a report on Uruguay’s water crisis: In Uruguay, a mounting crisis is unfolding as ‘Day Zero’ – when the public water supply is depleted – draws closer in Montevideo. On May 31 the National Administration of State Sanitary Works (OSE) announced that, without significant rainfall, the city of Montevideo would run […]
Read more »Deep Drought Punishes Latin American Clean Water Pioneer
June 9th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a look at how extreme weather has caught Uruguay – a standout for its history of investing in safe drinking water – flat-footed as it faces the safety risks of prolonged drought: Uruguay is suffering an unprecedented water crisis as a record drought threatens supplies of piped drinking water used by more than […]
Read more »Uruguay’s Historic Drought Leaves Water Supply Running Dangerously Low
May 27th, 2023
Via TVP World, a report on how Uruguay’s historic drought leaves water supply running dangerously low A historic drought in Uruguay has left the reservoirs that provide water for the country’s capital Montevideo almost dry. Low rainfall and high temperatures across the southern region of South America have triggered a severe drought over the last […]
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