Water shortages in Colombia hit major cities Cali and Medellin
Water shortages in Colombia hit major cities Cali and Medellin
Posted by Adriaan Alsema on Jan 20, 2016
Extreme weather due to the El Niño weather phenomenon have increasingly been causing water shortages across Colombia and have now hit two of the country’s most important cities, Cali and Medellin.
The most severely hit is Cali where local public service provider Emcali shut down the water supply to numerous neighborhoods in the center, east and north of the city.
According to EmCali, the Cali river that generally provides the city’s potable water has run too dry while water consumption has remained high, partly because of the heatwave that’s causing the drought.
Parts of the city will be without water from 10PM to 4AM in an attempt to adapt demand to the water supply.
According to Emcali, the measure affects some 500,000 locals.
In Medellin, part of the impoverished west of the city has been without water because a lack of rainfall failed to fill the Iguana creek that provides water to the western slums.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/water-shortages-hit-colombias-major-cities/