Disaster porn. How long would you expect a city that size to lose 37 % of its water to leaky plumbing and treating just over half of its sewage before it became a crisis ? http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidia... - Eric Logan

In Brazil, Working to Safeguard 1/8 of the World’s Fresh Water - See more at: http://blog.conservation.org/2012... - Eric Logan

Lots of water used for renewable energy. Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam, Bad Idea? http://oilprice.com/Alterna... - Eric Logan

The Sao Paul water crisis seems to be real: [Google; sao paulo water shortage http://www.google.com/#q=sao+...] - Sean McBride

Oh it's real, but it's mismanagement of the worlds biggest freshwater reserves more than anything. The water war is between energy needs and water use. - Eric Logan

Is the main point you wish to make that Sao Paulo's water crisis has nothing to do with global warming and climate change? - Sean McBride

The opposing point of view: [Sao Paulo Brazil, See The Future World Of Global Warming. http://www.dailykos.com/story...] "While we tend to think of Global Warming in terms of hotter summers and rising oceans, it's really the extremes of weather that will panic civilization into taking unanticipated actions with unanticipated results.... Brazil may be experiencing an historic drought this year, but in a few years the same area may experience biblical floods. Our climate is choking and convulsing on the noxious gasses we're shoving down it's lungs." - Sean McBride

The country with the worlds largest water resources is running out of water due to climate change. The water war is because the country produces its energy hydroelectrically they only reduced the amount used for energy generation by 25 % instead of the 75% that was requested. "Earlier this month, the state energy company in São Paulo (Cesp) asked the national operator of the electric system (ONS) to reduce the water flow at the Jaguari hydro-electric dam on the Rio Paraíba do Sul from 40,000 litres per second to 10,000 litres per second. The measure was intended to prioritise water supply to residents in São Paulo state over energy generation. But according to the ONS, which reduced the flow over several days to just 30,000 litres per second, a unilateral reduction would empty reserves and leave millions in 41 municipalities without water by the end of October." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news... - Eric Logan

Since 2013, after decades of warnings about misguided development policies and destructive land use practices, experts and civil society organisations have been calling for increasingly strong measures to reduce water consumption to keep the minimum secure levels for supply reservoirs. The calls have been ignored by the state government – the system’s main operator – and federal and municipal authorities turned a blind eye to the severity of the situation. http://www.theguardian.com/global-... - Eric Logan

Sao Paulo Water Everywhere Not Enough to Drink. http://www.bloomberg.com/news... - Eric Logan

I want to see how the best science keeps developing with regard to the question of what role climate change may be playing in creating these conditions -- and extreme weather and climate conditions worldwide (including drought and extreme precipitation). - Sean McBride

[Google; global warming drought http://www.google.com/#q=glob...] - Sean McBride

[Google; brazil drought global warming http://www.google.com/#q=braz...] - Sean McBride

If a tree falls in Brazil…? Amazon deforestation could mean droughts for western U.S. https://www.princeton.edu/main... - Eric Logan

The science is clear: Forest loss behind Brazil’s drought. http://blog.cifor.org/26559... - Eric Logan

Good article -- deforestation is probably a significant factor. - Sean McBride