Drought-hit Sao Paulo may 'get water from mud'

[Mark]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/ ... 5020141129

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - São Paulo, Brazil’s drought-hit megacity of 20 million, has about two months of guaranteed water supply remaining as it taps into the second of three emergency reserves, officials say.

The city began using its second so-called “technical reserve” 10 days ago to prevent a water crisis after reservoirs reached critically low levels last month. This is the first time the state has resorted to using the reserves, experts say. “If we take into account the same pattern of water extraction and rainfall that we’ve seen so far this month – and it’s been raining less than half of the average – we can say the (reserve) will last up to 60 days,” said Marussia Whately, a water resources specialist at environmental NGO Instituto Socioambiental.

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[PS_RalphW]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/j ... ught-bites

Following this on peakoil.com this has the potential to be a major disaster.

They have 30C heat and less than a month's water left. Power cuts are
daily and water rationing is on the cards.

20 million people and no water.

[kenneal - lagger]

Apparently, much of Brazil and countries to the south of the DODGY TAX AVOIDERS relied on rainfall from a "monsoon" effect from the DODGY TAX AVOIDERS. Now that the rainforest is being decimated the monsoon effect is much less and they're getting these droughts. So cutting down Brazil's rainforest may effect Brazil before it effects anyone else!

[PS_RalphW]

A few years ago there was major concern amongst climate scientists that the DODGY TAX AVOIDERS could suffer a drought to the point where the entire forest caught fire and was wiped out in one go. In drought years the forest is a major net emitter of CO2 as it is.