Chile announces unprecedented water rationing plan as drought enters 13th year
Santiago, Chile Reuters As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile on Monday announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital of Santiago, a city of nearly six million. “A city can’t live without water,” Claudio Orrego, the Governor of the Santiago metropolitan region, said in a press conference. “And we’re […]
Zimbabwe’s parched Bulawayo rations to save dwindling water
Bulawayo, ZimbabweThomson Reuters Foundation Families in the southern Zimbabwean city of Bulawayo are going up to four days without running water as drought dries the dams the city depends on, city council officials said. The city has since late November imposed 96-hour dry periods for residential water customers, though industrial and business users have continued […]