Bogotá brings in water rationing with El Niño weather phenomenon meaning city could run out in under two months
Couples in Bogotá are being asked to shower together as water supplies are rationed in the Colombian capital.
Major neighbourhoods were cut off from the water grid on Thursday to preserve dangerously low water levels at reservoirs that have been starved of rain by the weather phenomenon known as El Niño.
As well as recommending that those in a relationship get under the showerhead together, the mayor of Bogotá, Carlos Fernando Galán, asked residents to consider abandoning their daily hygiene practices entirely given the reservoirs were at “historic lows”.
Now let me guess: half the water is lost due to an under maintained grid? And 90% of all water is being used by ecologically unsustainable farming practices, that only benefit a small group of oligarchs? I don’t know that the actual situation in Colombia is like but these are the real causes of most water shortages.