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February 21, 2005
Cubans Urged to Conserve Water
As reported in the San Jose Mercury News, from the Associated Press, dateline Havana, Cuba urged its citizens to cut back on water use, saying that new measures will be necessary to fight a long-lasting dry spell.
Last year, the island received only 69 percent of average rainfall, making 2004 the worst year for rain since 1901, according to Granma, the Communist Party daily newspaper.
Jorge Aspiolea, president of Cuba's National Institute of Hydraulic Resources said of 235 reservoirs across the island, 114 contain less than 25 percent of their capacity and 41 of the 114 have dried up completely.
More than 100,000 residents of Havana, the hardest hit area of the water emergency, receive their supply via water trucks known locally as "pipas."
This is a real crisis.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at February 21, 2005 07:20 PM
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