Chile announces unprecedented plan to ration water as drought enters 13th year
by Reuters in Santiago from on (#5Y2JV)
Rivers that supply Santiago with water are running low, forcing rotating cuts to different parts of the city
As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile has announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital of Santiago, a city of nearly 6 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 in an unprecedented situation in Santiago's 491-year history where we have to prepare for there to not be enough water for everyone who lives here."
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