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

A resident looks out of her apartment in a building painted with a drought-related mural in Sao Paulo By Adriana Brasileiro 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. ...




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