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Drought and hope in the Sertao.
The northeastern region of Brazil known as the sertão is synonymous with drought and poverty for most Brazilians. In fact, however, its average annual rainfall is twice that of productive areas in Arizona and New Mexico. An underground sea of fresh water waits to be tapped--some 4,300 cubic meters of water per inhabitant. (The United Nations estimates the region's minimum need as 2,000 cubic meters per inhabitant.) Huge amounts of water are also stored in reservoirs.
The technical know-how for channeling and distributing all this water has been around for decades, and the financial means to tackle the problem have always existed. What is lacking is political will ...
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