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Taps Start to Run Dry in Brazil Largest City
2015-02-16 19:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Endowed with the Amazon and other mighty rivers, an array of huge dams and one-eighth of the worlds fresh water, Brazil is sometimes called the Saudi Arabia of water, so rich in the coveted resource that some liken it to living above a sea of oil. But in Brazils largest and wealthiest city, a more dystopian situation is unfolding: the taps are starting to run dry. As southeast Brazil grapples with its worst drought in nearly a century, a problem worsened by polluted rivers, deforestation and...
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