Drought may force São Paulo to cut water service to 2 days a week

[Binkie The Clown]

São Paulo, January 28, 2015 (Associated Press) – The worst drought to hit Brazil's biggest city in decades may leave residents with water service only two days a week.

São Paulo water utility company Sabesp says a five days-off, two days-on system would be a last-ditch effort to prevent the collapse of the Cantareira water system.

The reservoir is the largest of six that provide water to some 6 million of the 20 million people living in the metropolitan area of São Paulo city. The utility says Cantareira is now down to 5.1 percent of its capacity of 264 billion gallons (1 trillion liters).

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jan/28/brazils-biggest-city-may-cut-water-service-to-2/

[Rochester]

1. Coming soon to the American Southwest, I'll bet.

[Binkie The Clown]

2. Las Vegas might be first

given the state of Lake Mead:

A Relentless Drought Is Forcing Las Vegas to Take Extreme Measures

[OnlinePoker]

4. And yet people continue to be allowed to move there.

At some point it may take government intervention to stop this, but I highly doubt anyone has the intestinal fortitude to make that decision.

[braddy]

3. I would be concerned about irregular water use in pipes, if such a situation arose, I

would start treating my water.

[quadrature]

5. plenty of money for the Olympics ...nt