Uruguay’s intricate path to securing fresh water
Beset by years of drought, Uruguay is scrambling to fill its taps – but the proposals could leave farmers counting the costs.
The drought of 2023 produced one of the starkest images of Uruguay’s water crisis: Paso Severino reservoir, south-central Uruguay, practically empty. Lack of rainfall caused the drying up of the Santa Lucía Basin, which is the Montevideo metropolitan area’s only source of fresh water. The government was forced to supply 1.7 million people with a mix of fresh and salt water for 70 days.
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