Bogota, Colombia Implements Water Rationing Amid Critical Reservoir Levels

Millions of residents in Bogotá, Colombia, are being forced to ration drinking water as the city's reservoirs have reached critically low levels, with the mayor urging people to save water. The shortage is attributed to long weeks without rain due to the El Niño phenomenon, affecting the Chingaza water system that supplies 70% of the city's drinking water. The Bogotá Aqueduct and Sewer Company has implemented alternating suspensions or rationing of drinking water, affecting over 10 million people, and is advising water-saving measures such as reusing rainwater and reducing shower and irrigation usage.