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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”.

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (2 children)

See? Not everything about a major ecological disaster is bad!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But does this has the intended effect? In my experiences, showers with 2 tend to take longer.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago

Only if you do it right.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And after said shower, might need another one ...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Uhm ... asking couples to shower together will probably not result in lower water usage.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I was thinking the same thing. What it might likely result in is more babies though. LOL.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/colombia/#people-and-society

Total fertility rate

1.94 children born/woman (2023 est.)

comparison ranking: 116

Eh, the TFR is below replacement rate and probably could benefit from a bump.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

That's all well and good, but their showers will be longer

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago

Coincidentally that's also Japan's new policy on population decline

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I'm having flashbacks from living in California and I know that Australian readers will also recognize that this is not the first time this has happened

[–] eardon 2 points 10 months ago

Don't worry! The rich people are okay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


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”.

“If you are not going to leave your house on Sunday or any other day of the week, take advantage of it and do not take a bath,” he pleaded ahead of the water cuts.

Still the abnormally long hot and dry spells have caused wildfires to rage in the forests surrounding the capital – choking some neighbourhoods with smoke – and now the reservoirs which some 10 million people rely on are at “critical” levels.

To prevent a disaster local officials have divided Bogotá into nine zones, each of which will be cut off from the water grid for 24 hours on rotation.

“Let’s not waste a drop of water in Bogotá at this time,” Galán told reporters this week.

Mexico City has also been rationing water supplies in the past month and Guatemala declared an emergency on Wednesday as it struggles to tame wildfires.


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