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Lima’s future with a dwindling water supply

Dan Collyns Business, Development, Uncategorized November 13, 2013September 24, 2015Featured, lima, Peru, water

Peru has the fifth biggest supply of fresh water in the Americas. The trouble is it’s on the eastern side of the Andes mountains in the Amazon. Two thirds of population, most of the economic activity and the capital city are the other side which gets just 2% of the nation’s water supply.

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Dan Collyns

Is a multimedia journalist based in Lima, Peru. His online, radio and TV reports have been published and broadcast internationally. Read more

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