Tag: drought

Friday, September 15th 2023 - 11:10 UTC
Drought strikes: Uruguay's economy shrinks by 2.5% in Year-on-Year analysis

The Central Bank of Uruguay has unveiled concerning economic data, revealing a 2.5% year-on-year decline in the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second semester of 2023. The figures, released on Thursday, shed light on the adverse effects of the drought on Uruguay's economic landscape.
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Friday, September 15th 2023 - 10:04 UTC
Consequences of Lake Titicaca drought underreported, conservationists say

The Association of Indigenous Peoples Conservationists (Asociación de Pueblos Originarios Conservacionistas - APOC) insisted this week that an emergency be declared in Lake Titicaca, which they claimed was suffering from “water stress,” meaning that water demand exceeds the amount available.
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Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 06:55 UTC
Panama Canal restrictions expected to last for at least ten months; large containers to reroute to Suez Canal

Global shipping has been urged to share transit plans at one of the world’s key maritime crossings following on Panama Canal Authority officials warning that water-conserving restrictions will be in place for at least the next 10 months, given this year's unprecedented drought which Panama is experiencing.
Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 10:36 UTC
Water transfer pipeline operational in Uruguay to fight drough

Water began being transferred from the San José River dam to the Aguas Corrientes area of the Santa Lucía River in a move to alleviate the drinking water supply to the Uruguayan capital, it was reported in Montevideo. The works carried out in record time are expected to result in lower salinity in the metropolitan area.
Friday, July 28th 2023 - 10:39 UTC
Uruguay: Desalination plant arrives from United States to fight the water crisis

Uruguayan authorities Thursday confirmed the arrival in Montevideo of a desalination plant bought in the United States to fight the water crisis hitting the country. The piece of equipment was expected to take about four weeks to be delivered from Houston, but in the end, it was over two months.
Tuesday, July 11th 2023 - 09:16 UTC
Water crisis: Uruguay accepts Argentina's help

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday said his country would be accepting Argentina's help to mitigate the water crisis but added that the amount of drinking water offered was nowhere near the needs to match the volumes consumed normally in Montevideo.
Saturday, July 8th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Argentina offers to help Uruguay through the water crisis

Argentine President Alberto Fernández offered his Uruguayan colleague Luis Lacalle Pou a mobile water treatment plant, supplies, and personnel to assist in the drinking water crisis affecting Montevideo and the Metropolitan area.
Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 11:59 UTC
Uruguay taking action to face water crisis: drinking water reserve is empty for Montevideo

Uruguay's Congress Wednesday unanimously approved the Water Emergency Fund to finance access to bottled water among other measures amid an unprecedented shortage of drinking water due to the drought the country is going through.
Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 11:00 UTC
Lacalle Pou decrees water emergency in Montevideo metropolitan area

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday announced new measures to face the water crisis after a cabinet meeting, it was reported in Montevideo.
Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 11:27 UTC
Magallanes Region to the rescue of farmers given the persistent drought

Systems to collect and accumulate water, plus troughs, were some of the implements that were distributed among farmers in the Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile, to combat the hydric scarcity which affects the whole region.