http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/26/1339274/-Sao-Paulo-Brazil-See-The-Future-World-Of-Global-Warming?detail=email
Around 45 percent of São Paulo state -- home to more than 40 million
people -- gets its water from a four-lake system known as the Cantareira
reservoir. Back in August, a study from a federal agency predicted that
São Paulo state could run completely dry in 100 days if rationing
measures weren't implemented.
As Bloomberg now notes, water levels in Cantareira have dropped to
just 3.3 percent of capacity -- the lowest levels ever -- after the
water utility built a piping system to pump the last drops of water from
the ailing reservoir. There's speculation amongst government officials that Cantareira will run completely dry in mid-November without rain,
the Wall Street Journal reports. Things are not much better at the Alto
Tiete reservoir, where water levels are at just 8.5 percent of
capacity.
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