Almost 10 million inhabitants of Bogota and some surrounding municipalities will suffer rationing of water starting Thursday due to the low level of the reservoirs due to the drought, authorities in the Colombian capital announced on Monday.
We have to “take restrictive measures to guarantee that Bogotá’s water does not run out and is enough for everyone,” the mayor of Bogotá, Carlos Fernando Galán, informed the media.
As a consequence mainly of the El Niño weather phenomenon, three of the reservoirs that supply water to the city and nearby municipalities have low levels, Galán explained.
In Bogotá, where eight million people live, the cuts will be carried out by sectors for 24 hours. In two weeks the authorities will analyze whether it is necessary to extend rationing, since the goal is to reduce water consumption in homes by one eleven%.
Ten municipalities surrounding the capital in the department of Cundinamarca will have the same measure. In January, drought caused hundreds of forest fires in Colombia that consumed some 17,100 hectares of forest.
In the capital, the emblematic hills in the east of the city burned for several days. “He climate change “It is a reality that we cannot ignore,” Galan concluded.
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Source: Gestion
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