Tag: Water Emergency Fund

• Thursday, August 24th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

  Uruguay: End of water crisis decreed

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou decreed the end of the water crisis affecting the South American country's capital, it was announced Wednesday in Montevideo. Lacalle said Decree 177 dated June 19, 2023, had been revoked, thus reinstating taxation on bottled water, it was explained.

• 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.