Ecuador
Ecuador: Long Waiting for Water
In Zamora Chinchipe, located in Ecuador’s South-East, hundreds of families still depend on rivers and springs for their survival. The lack of drinking water coverage, which in some areas barely ...
Ecuador: Quito’s Water Waste and Scarcity
The two faces of Quito’s water crisis: While there are neighbourhoods in Ecuador’s capital Quito that suffer water cuts of up to 15 days at a time, there are also areas where water wastage...
Cunchibamba desperate for water
The inhabitants of the municipality of Cunchibamba in central Ecuador are desperate due to the lack of drinking water, having been without it for four months now. On Friday they blocked the Ambato ...
Quito’s reservoirs near minimum
If it doesn’t rain, Quito’s drinking water is only guaranteed until December. Reservoirs near their minimum level. The water in Quito’s reservoirs has fallen to lower levels than exp...
Water rationing in six provinces of Ecuador
The drought worsens in Ecuador and water rationing is extended in six provinces, as the Ecuadorian news service ecuavisa reports. In the inter-Andean region, the drought has reduced water flows in Car...