Sao Paulo State (44 Million) Rationing Water, Will Run Out In 100 Days, Per El Globo - Bloomberg

Brazil’s Sao Paulo state is rationing water for more than 3.6 million people in 29 cities as reservoirs dry up amid months of drought, O Globo said.

The state’s reservoir levels continue to decline, with the Cantareira system that supplies almost half of the state’s population just 8.6 percent full this week, the Rio de Janeiro-based newspaper said.

The drought is the state’s worst in decades. Sao Paulo is home to 44 million people, in 645 cities, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, known as IBGE.

Cia. de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo, or Sabesp, is among the world’s largest water utilities.

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